Vermicularia pellucida Broderip and Sowerby 1829 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Alternative combination: Vermetus pellucidus

Belongs to Vermicularia according to G. P. Kanakoff and W. K. Emerson 1959

Sister taxa: Vermicularia (Anguillospira), Vermicularia (Provermicularia), Vermicularia (Vermicularia), Vermicularia eburnea, Vermicularia knorrii, Vermicularia lumbricalis, Vermicularia porrecta, Vermicularia spirata, Vermicularia trilineata, Vermicularia woodringi

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (2: California collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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