Turritella chicoensis perrini Merriam 1941 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Full reference: C. W. Merriam. 1941. Fossil Turritellas from the Pacific Coast region of North America. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 26(1):1-214

Belongs to Turritella chicoensis according to C. W. Merriam 1941

Sister taxa: Turritella chicoensis holzana, Turritella chicoensis pescaderoensis

Type specimen: UCMP 15366, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (6: California collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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