Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Alternative combinations: Clavatula (Knefastia) washingtoniana, Pleurotoma washingtoniana
Full reference: C. E. Weaver. 1912. A preliminary report on the Tertiary paleontology of western Washington. Washington Geological Survey Bulletin 15:1-80
Belongs to Turricula according to C. J. Hickman 1976
See also Durham 1944 and Weaver 1912
Sister taxa: Turricula (Crenaturricula), Turricula (Leptosurcula), Turricula (Turricula), Turricula beanensis, Turricula bremertonensis, Turricula burroensis, Turricula buwaldana, Turricula calafia, Turricula cooperi, Turricula emerita, Turricula eolavinia, Turricula esdailei, Turricula excelsa, Turricula flammea, Turricula fluctuosa, Turricula hanguensis, Turricula haydeni, Turricula kayalensis, Turricula keaseyensis, Turricula kincaidi, Turricula maculosa, Turricula mclellani, Turricula nelliae, Turricula nigricans, Turricula ochsneri, Turricula piercei, Turricula plutonica, Turricula praepromensis, Turricula promensis, Turricula rossellae, Turricula sethuramae, Turricula spuria, Turricula taurina, Turricula terryi, Turricula thangaensis, Turricula tornata, Turricula uvasana, Turricula waringi, Surcula merriami, Turricula (Surcula) steinbacherae, Surcula africana, Surcula ingens, Surcula holwayi, Surcula wateleti, Surcula piura, Surcula fairbanksi, Surcula sullana, Surcula binotata, Surcula birmanica, Surcula riomaonis, Surcula coaequalis, Surcula labiata, Surcula strigosa, Surcula thompsoni, Surcula iravadica, Surcula evermanni, Surcula polyappellatia, Surcula decipiens, Surcula karenaica, Surcula washingtoniana, Surcula marylandica, Surcula clarki, Surcula andersoni, Surcula culleni, Turris (Surcula) rhines, Surcula cowlitzensis, Surcula mayi
Type specimen: Its type locality is UW 90, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in Washington
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (4: Washington collections)
• Eocene of United States (3: Oregon, Washington)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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