Subfamily Turritellopsinae Marwick 1957 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Parent taxon: Turritellidae according to W. D. Allmon 1996

See also Rosenberg et al. 2006 and Wilson 1993

Sister taxa: Actaeonema, Caucasella, Colpospirella, Cristispira, Eligmostoma, Haustator, Incatella, Kapalmerella, Mariacolpus, Nairiella, Omalaxinae, Orectospirinae, Palmerella, Pareorinae, Protominae, Springvaleia, Torcula, Torquesiella, Trobus, Turriola, Turritellinae, Turritellopsis, Vermiculariinae

Subtaxa: Glyptozaria Kimberia

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Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Australia (2 collections)

• Eocene of Australia (2), United States (3: Texas)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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