Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Parent taxon: Turritellinae according to G. Rosenberg et al. 2006
See also Allmon 1996, Beu et al. 1990 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Archimediella, Banzarecolpus, Callostracum, Coeloconica, Colposigma, Colpospira, Gazameda, Hataiella, Idaella, Maoricolpus, Neohaustator, Nipponocolpus, Oligodia, Reymentella, Sechuritella, Tachyrhynchus, Torquesia, Tropicolpus, Turritella, Wyatella, Wyattella, Zaria, Zeacolpus, Armatus, Kamchatkella
Subtaxa: Spirocolpus carsoni Spirocolpus tophina
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (4 collections)
• Oligocene of Australia (2), New Zealand (4)
• Eocene of New Zealand (14)
• Paleocene of New Zealand (3)
• Cretaceous of South Africa (1)
Total: 28 collections including 30 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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