Turritella variata lompocensis Arnold 1908 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Alternative combination: Turritella martinezensis lompocensis

Full reference: R. Arnold. 1908. New and characteristic species of fossil mollusks from the oil-bearing Tertiary formations of Santa Barbara County, California. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Contributions 50(4):419-436

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

See also Arnold 1908

Sister taxa: Turritella variata juliana, Turritella variata lorenzana

Type specimen: USNM 165316, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Turritella variata lompocensis in the database

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