Turritella uvasana olequahensis Weaver and Palmer 1922 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Alternative combination: Turritella olequahensis

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

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 sargeanti, Turritella uvasana stewarti, Turritella uvasana tricarinata

Type specimen: Its type locality is UW 329, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Cowlitz Formation of Washington

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (3: Washington collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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