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Retipirula crassitesta

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Turbinella crassitesta was named by Gabb (1869).

It was recombined as Retipirula crassitesta by Waring (1917), Nelson (1925), Stewart (1927) and Saul and Squires (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Turbinella crassitesta Gabb p. 157 figs. pl. 26, fig. 37
1917Retipirula crassitesta Waring p. 83 figs. Pl. 13, Figs. 1 and 2
1925Retipirula crassitesta Nelson p. 431
1927Retipirula crassitesta Stewart p. 406 figs. Plate XXV, fig. 11
2008Retipirula crassitesta Saul and Squires p. 234 figs. Figure 11.11, 11.12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVolutoderminaePilsbry and Olsson 1941
genusRetipirula
speciescrassitesta()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. R. Saul and R. L. Squires 2008Medium-sized, pyriform shell with moderately elevated, tabulated spire. Whorls roundly inflated with sculpture of six to seven spiral cords strongly noded at intersections with colllabral costae; distinctly finer unnoded cords on siphonal neck.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:23:59
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:23:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Thanetian or 66.00000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (California) Retipirula crassitesta (193035)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (California) Retipirula crassitesta (type locality: 220448)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (California) Retipirula crassitesta (11117)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (California) Retipirula crassitesta (205398 215686)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (California) Retipirula crassitesta (193036)