Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Alternative combination: Turritella carinifera
Belongs to Turritella (Torquesia) according to H. L. Abbass 1967
Sister taxa: Torquesia (Ispharina), Torquesia oppenheimi, Turritella (Torquesia) abbassi, Turritella (Torquesia) akkadi, Turritella (Torquesia) boghosi, Turritella (Torquesia) elicitatoides, Turritella (Torquesia) faizai, Turritella (Torquesia) granulata, Turritella (Torquesia) hassani, Turritella (Torquesia) mahmoudi, Turritella (Torquesia) nazikae, Turritella (Torquesia) pharaonica, Turritella (Torquesia) saharica, Turritella (Torquesia) tamra, Turritella (Torquesia) vibrayeana, Turritella (Torquesia) wagihi
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Namibia (1 collection), South Africa (10)
• Pliocene of South Africa (3)
• Miocene of South Africa (1)
• Eocene of Egypt (1), France (1), Italy (1)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
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