Turritella (Kurosioia) cingulifera Sowerby 1825 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Alternative combination: Turritella cingulifera

Synonyms: Torcula parva Angas 1877, Turritella bicolor Adams and Reeve 1850, Turritella fascialis Menke 1830, Turritella fragilis Kiener 1873, Turritella fuscotincta Petit 1853, Turritella gracillima Gould 1861, Turritella tricarinata King 1832

Belongs to Turritella (Kurosioia) according to G. Rosenberg et al. 2006

See also van den Hoek Ostende et al. 2002

Sister taxa: Haustator (Kurosioia) boettgeri, Haustator (Kurosioia) kurosio, Turritella (Kurosioia) gilletti, Turritella (Kurosioia) leeuwinensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Fiji (1 collection), Pakistan (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (1)

• Pliocene of Indonesia (6), Italy (1), Japan (6), Pakistan (2), Papua New Guinea (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Indonesia (2)

• Miocene of Guam (1), Indonesia (3), the Marshall Islands (1)

• Oligocene of the Marshall Islands (1)

• Eocene of the Marshall Islands (1)

Total: 28 collections including 29 occurrences

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