Colposigma plebeia Marwick 1960 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Belongs to Colposigma according to A. G. Beu et al. 1990

Sister taxa: Colposigma capitanea, Colposigma euthenia, Colposigma gairi, Colposigma imparicincta, Colposigma mesalia

Type specimen: Its type locality is S118/f539, which is in a Lutetian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone in the Broken River Formation of New Zealand

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at S118/f539

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