†Spirocolpus tophina Marwick 1926 (turret shell)
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Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Alternative combination: Turritella tophina
Full reference: J. Marwick. 1926. Molluscan fauna of the Waiarekan stage of the Oamaru Series. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 56:307-316
Belongs to Spirocolpus according to J. Marwick 1929
Sister taxon: Spirocolpus carsoni
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Lorne (Eocene of New Zealand)
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