Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
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 Gemmula according to C. J. Hickman 1976
See also Hickman 1980
Sister taxa: Gemmula (Coronia), Gemmula (Coroniopsis), Gemmula (Gemmula), Gemmula (Pinguigemmula), Gemmula abacta, Gemmula alazana, Gemmula amica, Gemmula bentsonae, Gemmula congener, Gemmula crenulata, Gemmula cretacea, Gemmula diabloensis, Gemmula fasteni, Gemmula gajensis, Gemmula guindana, Gemmula hindsiana, Gemmula imitatrix, Gemmula machapoorensis, Gemmula macrobia, Gemmula mekranica, Gemmula mexa, Gemmula monerma, Gemmula plebeia, Gemmula plentopsis, Gemmula sindiensis, Gemmula tumata, Gemmula vaningeni, Gemmula violeta, Gemmula wattsi, Turris (Gemmula) birmanica, Turris (Gemmula) pakistanica, Turris (Gemmula) soriensis, Turris (Gemmula) thyrsus, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) juvavica, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) choptankensis, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) calvertensis, Hemipleurotoma oostinghi, Hemipleurotoma arenosa, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) iris, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) kroisbachensis, Hemipleurotoma bhagothorensis, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) yenanensis, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) humilis, Hemipleurotoma bonneti, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) bellacrenata, Hemipleurotoma narica, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) singuensis
Type specimen: USNM 216437. Its type locality is Columbia (USGS 15309) - Hickman (1980), which is in a Priabonian deep-water siltstone/mudstone in the Keasey Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: Oregon collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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