Turritellopsis weaveri Van Winkle 1918 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Alternative combination: Turritella weaveri

Full reference: K. E. H. Van Winkle. 1918. Paleontology of the Oligocene of the Chehalis Valley, Washington. University of Washington Publications in Geology 1(2):69-97

Belongs to Turritellopsis according to W. L. Effinger 1938

See also Van Winkle 1918

Sister taxa: Turritellopsis acicula, Turritellopsis neptunensis, Turritellopsis stimpsoni

Type specimen: Its type locality is UW 239, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in Washington

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (1: Washington collection)

• Eocene of United States (1: Washington)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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