Turritella ocoyana topangaensis Merriam 1941 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Full reference: C. W. Merriam. 1941. Fossil Turritellas from the Pacific Coast region of North America. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 26(1):1-214

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

Sister taxon: Turritella ocoyana topangensis

Type specimen: UCMP 31648, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (3: California collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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