Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Alternative combination: Turritella martinezensis
Synonym: Turritella maccreadyi Waring 1914
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1869. Section II. Cretaceous Fossils. Part I. Description of New Species. Palaeontology of California, Volume II, Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils 127-205
Belongs to Mesalia according to R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul 2007
See also Gabb 1869, Merriam 1941, Stewart 1927, Waring 1914 and Waring 1917
Sister taxa: Mesalia (Mesalia), Mesalia akinkugbei, Mesalia akinolae, Mesalia alabamiensis, Mesalia bassiounii, Mesalia brevialis, Mesalia claibornensis, Mesalia clarki, Mesalia concava, Mesalia fallockensis, Mesalia ferialae, Mesalia gigantia, Mesalia goshourensis, Mesalia inca, Mesalia lincolnensis, Mesalia minuta, Mesalia pagoda, Mesalia paleocenica, Mesalia passi, Mesalia pedinogyra, Mesalia pumila, Mesalia rathbuni, Mesalia reymenti, Mesalia rogersi, Mesalia salvani, Mesalia shatai, Mesalia tricarinata, Mesalia vetusta, Mesalia virginiae, Mesalia zitteli
Type specimens:
- Mesalia martinezensis: ANSP 4344, a shell
- Turritella maccreadyi:
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (4: California collections)
• Paleocene of Mexico (3), United States (16: California, California )
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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