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Turritella (Turritella)

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Species lacking formal opinion data
Turritella adela, Turritella agronomica, Turritella alcida, Turritella altiliroides, Turritella ameghinoi, Turritella anguillana, Turritella bilara, Turritella bilboraensis, Turritella biplicata, Turritella boycensis, Turritella brankampi, Turritella callizona, Turritella capensis, Turritella carninata, Turritella caseyi, Turritella chalybeatensis, Turritella chichibuensis, Turritella chirena, Turritella claytonensis, Turritella cobbani, Turritella codellana, Turritella collazica, Turritella conspicablis, Turritella crocus, Turritella diastropha, Turritella difficilis, Turritella distincta, Turritella falconensis, Turritella fascialiis, Turritella femina, Turritella fischeri, Turritella forgemoli, Turritella gardnerae, Turritella hilli, Turritella jenkinsi, Turritella kauffmani, Turritella knysnaensis, Turritella kowiensis, Turritella laevissima, Turritella lajollaensis, Turritella leonensis, Turritella lineolta, Turritella litharia, Turritella malaspina, Turritella mcnairyensis, Turritella megalobasis, Turritella meunieri, Turritella millepunctata, Turritella ministeri, Turritella molarium, Turritella monserratensis, Turritella multilinata, Turritella mundula, Turritella neusensis, Turritella novaesemljae, Turritella paraensis, Turritella pedroana, Turritella pelusae, Turritella perrieri, Turritella peterseni, Turritella pirabica, Turritella pliorecens, Turritella pllanigyrata, Turritella pontoni, Turritella poronaiensis, Turritella premimetes, Turritella premortoni, Turritella rostrata, Turritella rubricollis, Turritella soaresana, Turritella submortoni, Turritella tanaguraensis, Turritella trilara, Turritella triplicata, Turritella turneri, Turritella wagneriana, Turritella waltonensis, Turritella wasana, Turritella webbi, Turritella wiedenmayeri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1799Turritella (Turritella) Lamarck
1948Turritella (Turritella) Gardner p. 195
1962Turritella (Turritella) Abbass p. 180
1974Turritella (Turritella) Shuto p. 142
1997Turritella (Turritella) Marquet p. 10
2002Turritella (Turritella) Harzhauser p. 76
2002Turritella (Turritella) Harzhauser et al.
2002Turritella (Turritella) van den Hoek Ostende et al. p. 18
2003Turritella (Turritella) Mandic and Steininger p. 270
2004Turritella (Turritella) Islamoglu p. 143

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyTurritellidaeLovén 1847
subfamilyTurritellinaeLovén 1847
genusTurritellaLamarck 1799
subgenusTurritellaLamarck 1799

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height1349.111.4129.648.431.8

Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: thing
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 18:26:02
Modified: 2018-03-04 19:51:38
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Calabrian or 100.50000 to 0.78100 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (98 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Turritella dibleyi (86964 86965 86966 86967) Turritella unicarinata (86968)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Turritella unicarinata (86969)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Turritella unicarinata (86970)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Poland Turritella hagenoviana (27822)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Bulgaria (Burgas) Turritella elisabethae (85445)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Peru Turritella infracarinata (66177 66178)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Turritella terebra (72083)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Austria Turritella gradata (77625 77627 77628 77630) Turritella gradata, Turritella bellardii (77624 77629)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Peru (Tumbes) Turritella infracarinata (58999)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Ecuador (Guayas) Turritella infracarinata (61063 61064 61065)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Turritella bellardii (178110) Turritella tricarinata, Turritella bellardii (178108)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Peru Turritella infracarinata (76635)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Italy Turritella bellardii (178116)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Turkey Turritella tricarinata (78548)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Ecuador (Guayas) Turritella infracarinata (61081 61084 61085 61088 61092)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia Turritella bandongensis, Turritella producta, Turritella terebra (63040) Turritella bantamensis (70171 70175 70183 70185)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Peru Turritella infracarinata (66179 76597 80434 80435 80436 80438 80442 80497 113241)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Greece Turritella tricarinata (72305)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Indonesia (West Java) Turritella producta, Turritella terebra (179626)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Maryland) Turritella alticostata (55396)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece Turritella tricarinata (72310)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Denmark Turritella tricarinata (98312)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Turritella bandongensis (70077 70100)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Pakistan Turritella bandongensis, Turritella bantamensis (77154)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Philippines (Panay) Turritella terebra (41649)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Peru Turritella infracarinata (80444)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Turritella tricarinata (207784)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Pakistan Turritella bandongensis (77138) Turritella bantamensis (77140)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece Turritella tricarinata (72318)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa Turritella tricarinata (77527)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Belgium Turritella tricarinata (76982 80674) Turritella tricarinata, Turritella tricarinata (76984)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Turritella terebra (70088 70097)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Guam Turritella sp. A (77937)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malaysia Turritella terebra (72096 72098)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia Turritella terebra (70084)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Virginia) Turritella alticostata (61293 61295 78260 78261 78262 78264 78265 78266 78267 78268 78270 78271 78272 79245 79709)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Philippines (Panay) Turritella terebra (41664)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Fiji Turritella sp. A (78063)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Emilia-Romagna) Turritella tricarinata (178117)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Greece Turritella tricarinata (72414)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium Turritella tricarinata (76983)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Italy Turritella tricarinata (178457 178779)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Taiwan Turritella terebra (96255)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (South Carolina) Turritella alticosta (92407)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Marshall Islands Turritella sp. B (43338)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Pakistan Turritella terebra (55401)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Philippines (Panay) Turritella terebra (41651)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781Italy Turritella tricarinata (77008)