Gatunek typowy
Tornatellaea belle Conrad, 1860. Eocene, Mississippi or Alabama, USA.

Opis

Protoconch strongly medioaxial to almost coaxial, smooth. Subovate shell, spire generally less than half total shell height. Suture impressed to channeled. Sculpture consisting of pitted spiral furrows, narrower than interspaces. Shape of pits hexagonal. Aperture posteriorly narrowed, roundly sub−marginate anteriorly. Outer lip thickened and crenulate or lirate within. Inner lip callused over columellar surface, bearing two oblique, sharp folds.

Synonimy

Zasięg czasowy

Jurassic to Miocene.

Literatura

Conrad, T.A. 1860. Descriptions of new species of Cretaceous and Eocene fossils of Mississippi and Alabama. Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, Journal, 2nd series 4, 275–298.

Kaim, A. 2004. The evolution of conch ontogeny in Mesozoic open sea gastropods. Palaeontologia Polonica 62, 3–183.