Tachyrhynchus giganteus Bartsch 1911 (turret shell)
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Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Alternative combination: Bittium giganteum
Full reference: P. Bartsch. 1911. The Recent and fossil mollusks of the genus Bittium from the west coast of America. US National Museum Proceedings 40:383-414
Belongs to Tachyrhynchus according to A. Hendy 2021
See also Bartsch 1911
Sister taxa: Tachyrhynchus erosus, Tachyrhynchus lacteolus, Tachyrhynchus perlaqueata, Tachyrhynchus reticulatus, Tachyrhynchus subvenustellus
Type specimen: USNM 14935, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (6: California collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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