Turbonilla letzia Hanna 1927 (snail)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae

Full reference: M. A. Hanna. 1927. An Eocene invertebrate fauna from the La Jolla Quadrangle, California . University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 16(8):247-398

Belongs to Turbonilla according to M. A. Hanna 1927

Sister taxa: Rissoa (Turbonilla) gracilior, Turbonilla (Lancea), Turbonilla (Mormula), Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus), Turbonilla (Pyrgolidium), Turbonilla (Sulcurturbonilla), Turbonilla (Terebronilla), Turbonilla (Tragula), Turbonilla (Turbonilla), Turbonilla acicula, Turbonilla aepynota, Turbonilla alpina, Turbonilla antemunda, Turbonilla arnoldi, Turbonilla asser, Turbonilla buttoni, Turbonilla callimene, Turbonilla cancellata, Turbonilla caroliniana, Turbonilla castanea, Turbonilla cuevensis, Turbonilla dunnensis, Turbonilla exarata, Turbonilla filosa, Turbonilla gracillima, Turbonilla halistrepta, Turbonilla hemphilli, Turbonilla hypolispa, Turbonilla internodula, Turbonilla interrupta, Turbonilla jewetti, Turbonilla kernensis, Turbonilla kraussi, Turbonilla levis, Turbonilla lineata, Turbonilla madrynensis, Turbonilla major, Turbonilla marshensis, Turbonilla mumia, Turbonilla ornata, Turbonilla quinquestriata, Turbonilla rixtae, Turbonilla smithi, Turbonilla speira, Turbonilla stearnsii, Turbonilla striata, Turbonilla stylina, Turbonilla subcoronata, Turbonilla subulata, Turbonilla terebra, Turbonilla torquata, Turbonilla valdezi, Turbonilla zekelii

Type specimen: UCMP 31052. Its type locality is UCR loc. 4922, which is in a Lutetian deep subtidal shelf shale in the Ardath Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at UCR loc. 4922

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