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From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order [unassigned] Caenogastropoda Family Turritellidae Turritella cf. T. altilira Conrad, 1857 Stratigraphy: Pinecrest Sand Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: APAC Quarry, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: T. altilira altilira from the Miocene of Central America is strongly bicarinate while the shell found in the Tamiami is much less so, The Tamiami species is very similar to several different subspecies of T. altilira scattered through the Caribbean.- 2 comments
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From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order [unassigned] Caenogastropoda Family Turritellidae Turritella alumensis Mansfield, 1930 Stratigraphy: Lower Tamiami Formation Bed 10/11 Location: Burrow Pit, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Largest Turritellid within the North American Neogene. Common in the Jackson Bluff Formation in the Florida Panhandle, T. alumensis is found mostly in the Lower Tamaimi.-
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From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order [unassigned] Caenogastropoda Family Turritellidae Vermicularia spirata (Philippi, 1836) Statigraphy: Golden Gate Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: Bonita Grande Pit, Lee County, Florida USA. Status: Extant Notes: Characterized by loose coiling and a small turreted spire. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order [unclassified] Caenogastropopda Family Turritellidae Turritella magnasulcus (Petuch, 1991) Location: SMR Phase 10, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Notes: Deep suture. Similar to Turritella pontoni but a higher more slender shell. Compare suture with more mature individual.-
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Reference Mansfield, W.C. 1930. Miocene Gastropods and Scaphopods of the Choctawhatchee Formation of Florida, Florida Geological Survey Bulletin 3, 189 pages.
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