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Torcula

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Torcula was named by Gray (1847) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m R Sepkoski's reference number: 914]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Turritella (Torcula) by Gardner (1943), Gardner (1947), Gardner (1948), Addicott (1970) and Ladd (1972).

It was assigned to Turritella by Gardner (1943), Gardner (1947), Gardner (1948), Addicott (1970) and Ladd (1972); to Turritellinae by Titova (1994) and Allmon (1996); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Turritellidae by Rosenberg (2005) and Rosenberg et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Torcula Gray p. 155
1943Turritella (Torcula) Gardner p. 198
1947Turritella (Torcula) Gardner p. 593
1948Turritella (Torcula) Gardner p. 198
1970Turritella (Torcula) Addicott p. 48
1972Turritella (Torcula) Ladd p. 18
1994Torcula Titova p. 321
1996Torcula Allmon p. 10
2002Torcula Sepkoski
2005Torcula Rosenberg
2006Torcula Rosenberg et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyTurritellidaeLovén 1847
genusTorculaGray 1847

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.

G. Torcula Gray 1847
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Subg. †Torcula (Eurytorus) Gardner 1947
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Subg. Torcula (Torcula) Gray 1847
Torcula acropora Dall 1889
Torcula bayeri Petuch 2001
Torcula lindae Petuch 1987
†Turritella (Torcula) terstriata Rogers and Rogers 1837
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:15:58
Modified: 2018-02-27 07:57:42
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 66.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma

Collections (77 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Libya Turritella forgemoli (77235)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Maryland) T. sp. (83135)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Florida) T. martinensis (92785)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Florida) T. caseyi, T. mississippiensis (80184)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama Turritella amaras (42610)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Turritella paraensis (112590)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Argentina (Río Negro) T. magna (179578)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Panama Turritella amaras (42606 42612 42613 42614 42615 42616 42617 42618 42619 42620)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Maryland) Turritella variabilis (79101 79102)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Turritella mixta (42328) Turritella mixta, Turritella chipolana (41760 42250)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Turritella variabilis (60379)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Panama Turritella alitilira (52173)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Maryland) Turritella variabilis (79103 79104 79105 79108 79111 79113 79114 79116)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) T. sp., T. jaculus, T. waltonensis (111204) T. waltonensis (136943) Turritella sp., Turritella jacula (43036 43046) Turritella waltonensis (42692 42801 42813 42819 42870 42874 42875 42884 43047 43048 80018 80019)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama T. alitilira (82129) T. altilira (82119 82121 82124 82128) Turritella alitilira (52171 52172 52174)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Maryland) Turritella variabilis (70851 70853)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6USA (Florida) T. subvariabilis (79965)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Florida) Turritella variabilis (75009 75012)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Turritella exoleta (134667)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Virginia) Turritella variabilis (59293)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) T. alumensis (79960 80029 80044) Turritella sp. (69044)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (South Carolina) Turritella variabilis (92412)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Turritella apicalis (79333) Turritella apicaulis (80024 80025) Turritella mediosulcata, Turritella apicalis (79331) Turritella wagneriana (79338 79786)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) T. sp. (80033)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) T. alumensis (80030)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) T. acropora (96538)