Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Parent taxon: Turritellinae according to W. D. Allmon 1996
See also Beu et al. 1990, Sepkoski 2002 and Titova 1994
Sister taxa: Archimediella, Banzarecolpus, Callostracum, Coeloconica, Colposigma, Colpospira, Gazameda, Hataiella, Idaella, Maoricolpus, Neohaustator, Nipponocolpus, Oligodia, Reymentella, Sechuritella, Spirocolpus, Tachyrhynchus, Torquesia, Turritella, Wyatella, Wyattella, Zaria, Zeacolpus, Armatus, Kamchatkella
Subtaxa: Tropicolpus (Amplicolpus) Tropicolpus (Tropicolpus)
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (4 collections)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (4)
Total: 8 collections including 11 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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