Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Alternative combination: Surcula ladrilloensis
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 Pleurofusia according to C. R. Givens and M. P. Kennedy 1979
See also Hanna 1927
Sister taxa: Pleurofusia collaris, Pleurofusia dowlingi, Pleurofusia fluctuosa, Pleurofusia fresnoensis, Pleurofusia raricostata, Pleurofusia vicksburgensis, Pleurotoma (Pleurofusia) longirostropsis, Surcula (Pleurofusia) feddeni, Surcula (Pleurofusia) fusus, Surcula (Pleurofusia) phasma, Surcula (Pleurofusia) scala, Turricula (Pleurofusia) danvicola, Turricula (Pleurofusia) obliquinodosa, Turricula (Pleurofusia) pseudoscala, Turricula (Pleurofusia) subservata
Type specimen: UCMP 30952, a partial shell
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (7: California collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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