Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Parent taxon: Protominae according to M. Harzhauser et al. 2009
See also Allmon 1996, Bouchet et al. 2005, Harzhauser 2002, Harzhauser 2004 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Protoma (Protoma) Protoma (Protomella) Protoma cathedralis Protoma deshayesi Protoma renevieri Protoma retrodilatatum Protoma rotifera Protoma sindiense Protoma subrenevieri
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of South Africa (1 collection), Spain (1)
• Pliocene of India (1)
• Miocene of Austria (3), France (4), India (2), Italy (15), Pakistan (3), Portugal (1)
• Oligocene of Hungary (2), India (1), Pakistan (5)
• Eocene of France (1)
Total: 40 collections including 47 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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