Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Alternative combination: Surcula uvasana
Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1915. Fauna of the Type Tejon: Its relation to the Cowlitz Phase of the Tejon Group of Washington. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 5(3):33-98
Belongs to Turricula according to B. L. Clark 1938
See also Dickerson 1915
Sister taxa: Turricula (Crenaturricula), Turricula (Leptosurcula), Turricula (Turricula), Turricula amanda, Turricula aureolata, Turricula beanensis, Turricula bremertonensis, Turricula burroensis, Turricula buwaldana, Turricula calafia, Turricula cooperi, Turricula emerita, Turricula eolavinia, Turricula esdailei, Turricula excelsa, Turricula flammea, Turricula fluctuosa, Turricula hanguensis, Turricula haydeni, Turricula kayalensis, Turricula keaseyensis, Turricula kincaidi, Turricula maculosa, Turricula martini, Turricula mclellani, Turricula nelliae, Turricula nigricans, Turricula ochsneri, Turricula piercei, Turricula plutonica, Turricula praepromensis, Turricula promensis, Turricula rossellae, Turricula sethuramae, Turricula spuria, Turricula taurina, Turricula terryi, Turricula thangaensis, Turricula tornata, Turricula venustula, Turricula waringi, Turricula washingtoniana, Surcula sullana, Surcula riomaonis, Surcula wateleti, Surcula coaequalis, Surcula labiata, Turricula (Surcula) steinbacherae, Surcula ingens, Surcula holwayi, Surcula thompsoni, Surcula merriami, Surcula cowlitzensis, Surcula washingtoniana, Surcula culleni, Surcula birmanica, Surcula fairbanksi, Surcula strigosa, Surcula evermanni, Surcula decipiens, Surcula mayi, Surcula marylandica, Surcula clarki, Surcula andersoni, Surcula iravadica, Surcula karenaica, Turris (Surcula) rhines, Surcula piura, Surcula africana, Surcula polyappellatia, Surcula binotata
Type specimen: UCMP 11057, a partial shell. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 458, Grapevine Creek, which is in a Bartonian marine sandstone/shale in the Tejon Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: California collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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