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Torquesia

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Torquesia Douvillé
1962Turritella (Torquesia) Abbass p. 182
1967Turritella (Torquesia) Abbass p. 21
1977Torquesia Adegoke p. 91
1984Torquesia Kase p. 121
1995Torquesia Pacaud and Le Renard p. 157
1996Torquesia Allmon p. 10
2002Torquesia Sepkoski

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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
genusTorquesiaDouvillé 1929

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. Torquesia Douvillé 1929
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Subg. †Torquesia (Ispharina) Vjalov and Solun 1963
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Ispharina sulcifera Deshayes 1832
Turritella (Ispharina) tarturensis Awad and Abed 1967
Torquesia oppenheimi Adegoke 1977
Turritella (Torquesia) abbassi Awad and Abed 1967
Turritella (Torquesia) akkadi Awad and Abed 1967
Turritella (Torquesia) nazikae Awad and Abed 1967
Turritella (Torquesia) saharica Awad and Abed 1967
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: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 122.46000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (77 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0United Kingdom (England) Turritella granulata (86972 86973) Turritella tamra (86974)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Japan T. yaegashii (91260 91285 91286 91287 91288 91290 91296)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Egypt Turritella moradi (151611)
Albian113.0 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Turritella faizai (86977) Turritella granulata (51597 51674) Turritella vibrayeana (86976) Turritella vibrayeana, Turritella wagihi (86975)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Egypt Turritella moradi (98327)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6United Kingdom (England) Turritella granulata (6280 51673)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany T. granulata, T. vibrayeana (66734 66776) T. vibrayeana (66779)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Turritella granulata (86971)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Austria T. rigida (74489)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Austria T. rigida (177758)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7Egypt (Western Desert) Turritella nazikae (3153)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Colombia (Guajira) Turritella eliciloides (99141)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium T. coemansi (3118)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Maryland) T. prehumerosa (83135)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Egypt Turritella tarturensis, Turritella abbassi, Turritella saharica, Turritella akkadi, Turritella nazikae (2953)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Germany T. coemansi (3114 3116)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Nigeria T. oppenheimi (7791)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Colombia Turritella elicitatoides (180400)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Ispharina sulcifera (3266 3267 3268)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Ispharina sulcifera (3257)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Nigeria Turritella sulcifera (51239 51240 51241 51242 51243 51244 51245 51246)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Ispharina terebellata (8125) Ispharina terebellata, Ispharina sulcifera (8124) Turritella sulcifera (8047 8048)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Egypt Turritella naimi (2955) Turritella pharaonica (41905)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Egypt Turritella carinifera, Turritella pharaonica (2960) Turritella mahmoudi (2961)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France Turritella sulcifera, Turritella carinifera (78567)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Turritella sulcifera (40523 40530)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) Turritella sulcifera (3494)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy Turritella sulcifera, Turritella carinifera (78565)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Egypt Turritella pharaonica (79700 184745)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Libya Turritella sulcifera (42143)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) Turritella carinifera (41473)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa (Cape) Turritella carinifera (179484)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa (Western Cape) Turritella carinifera (118317 118318)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa (Western Cape) Turritella carinifera (118303 118308 118311)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Turritella carinifera (122933 122937 122940 122941 122943 122945)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Namibia (Karas) Turritella carinifera (124048)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa (Western Cape) Turritella carinifera (110492)