Turritella merriami brevitabulata Merriam and Turner 1937 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Full reference: C. W. Merriam and F. E. Turner. 1937. The Capay Middle Eocene of Northern California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 24(6):91-114

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

See also Merriam and Turner 1937

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UCMP 15224, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (1: California collection)

• Paleocene of Canada (1: Yukon)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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