Turritella peninsularis adelaidana Merriam 1941 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Alternative combination: Turritella pachecoensis adelaidana

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 peninsularis according to L. R. Saul 1983

See also Merriam 1941

Sister taxon: Turritella peninsularis quaylei

Type specimen: UCMP 15287, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at USGS M5906, Dip Creek (Cretaceous of California)

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