Mariacolpus covepointensis Petuch 2004 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Full reference: E. J. Petuch. 2004. Cenozoic Seas: The view from eastern North America

Belongs to Mariacolpus according to E. J. Petuch 2004

Sister taxa: Mariacolpus aequistriatus, Mariacolpus lindajoyceae, Mariacolpus octonaria, Mariacolpus plebeia

Type specimen: AMNH FI-50649

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mariacolpus covepointensis in the database

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