Turritella uvasana tricarinata Dickerson 1915 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1915. Fauna of the Type Tejon: Its relation to the Cowlitz Phase of the Tejon Group of Washington. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 5(3):33-98

Belongs to Turritella uvasana according to R. E. Dickerson 1915

Sister taxa: Turritella uvasana aedificata, Turritella uvasana applinae, Turritella uvasana bicarinata, Turritella uvasana chehalisensis, Turritella uvasana etheringtoni, Turritella uvasana hendoni, Turritella uvasana infera, Turritella uvasana neopleura, Turritella uvasana olequahensis, Turritella uvasana sargeanti, Turritella uvasana stewarti

Type specimen: CAS 287

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at CAS loc. 244, Live Oak Canyon (Eocene of California)

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