†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