Zeacolpus chattonensis Marwick 1929 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Full reference: J. Marwick. 1929. Tertiary molluscan fauna of Chatton, Southland. Transactions and Proceeding of the Royal Society of New Zealand 59:903-937

Belongs to Zeacolpus according to J. Marwick 1929

Sister taxa: Zeacolpus (Leptocolpus), Zeacolpus (Stiracolpus), Zeacolpus (Zeacolpus), Zeacolpus bartoni, Zeacolpus pukeuriensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at S170/f574 - Chatton Fm, Knapdale (Oligocene of New Zealand)

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