†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