Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Full reference: C. J. Hickman. 1976. Bathyal gastropods of the family Turridae in the Early Oligocene Keasey Formation in Oregon, with a review of some deep-water genera in the Paleocene of the Eastern Pacific. Bulletins of American Paleontology 70(292):1-119
Belongs to Turricula according to C. S. Hickman 1980
See also Hickman 1976
Sister taxa: Turricula (Crenaturricula), Turricula (Leptosurcula), Turricula (Turricula), Turricula beanensis, Turricula bremertonensis, Turricula bulwaldana, Turricula burroensis, Turricula calafia, Turricula cooperi, Turricula eolavinia, Turricula esdailei, Turricula excelsa, Turricula flammea, Turricula fluctuosa, Turricula hanguensis, Turricula haydeni, Turricula kayalensis, Turricula keaseyensis, Turricula mclellani, Turricula nelliae, Turricula ochsneri, Turricula piercei, Turricula plutonica, Turricula praepromensis, Turricula promensis, Turricula rossellae, Turricula sethuramae, Turricula spuria, Turricula taurina, Turricula terryi, Turricula thangaensis, Turricula tornata, Turricula waringi, Turricula washingtoniana, Surcula karenaica, Surcula fairbanksi, Surcula birmanica, Surcula labiata, Surcula uvasana, Surcula sullana, Surcula riomaonis, Surcula merriami, Turricula (Surcula) steinbacherae, Surcula piura, Surcula thompsoni, Surcula ingens, Surcula mayi, Surcula africana, Surcula wateleti, Surcula decipiens, Surcula iravadica, Surcula clarki, Surcula marylandica, Surcula cowlitzensis, Surcula culleni, Surcula holwayi, Surcula coaequalis, Surcula washingtoniana, Surcula andersoni
Type specimen: USNM 216381. Its type locality is Columbia (USGS 25031) - Hickman (1980), which is in a Priabonian deep-water siltstone/mudstone in the Keasey Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Oregon collection)
• Eocene of United States (2: Oregon)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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