Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Belongs to Turricula according to R. L. Squires 1999
Sister taxa: Turricula (Crenaturricula), Turricula (Leptosurcula), Turricula (Turricula), Turricula beanensis, Turricula bremertonensis, 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, Turricula washingtoniana, 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: CAS 990, a shell. Its type locality is CAS loc. 391, Runkle Canyon, Simi Hills, which is in a Selandian marine siliciclastic in the Santa Susana Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at CSUN Loc. 969, Santa Susana Mountains
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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