Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Alternative spelling: Turritella (Archimediella)
Parent taxon: Turritellinae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005
See also Allmon 1996, Bohm 1926, Harzhauser 2002, Marasti 1973, Sepkoski 2002, Shuto 1974, van den Hoek Ostende et al. 2002 and Wilson 1993
Sister taxa: Banzarecolpus, Callostracum, Coeloconica, Colposigma, Colpospira, Gazameda, Hataiella, Idaella, Maoricolpus, Neohaustator, Nipponocolpus, Oligodia, Reymentella, Sechuritella, Spirocolpus, Tachyrhynchus, Torquesia, Tropicolpus, Turritella, Wyatella, Wyattella, Zaria, Zeacolpus, Armatus, Kamchatkella
Subtaxa: Archimediella (Archimediella) Archimediella (Torculoidella) Archimediella cochlea Archimediella dirkhartogensis Archimediella fastigiata Archimediella maculata Turritella (Archimediella) erronea Turritella (Archimediella) spolongensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Pliocene of Greece (2), United States (8: Florida, North Carolina)
• Miocene of Austria (4), Denmark (2), Greece (2), Hungary (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (5), the Netherlands (2), Northern Mariana Islands (3), Romania (2), Slovakia (1)
• Eocene of Namibia (1)
• Cretaceous of South Africa (1)
Total: 36 collections including 46 occurrences
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