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Turritellopsis

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Turritellopsis was named by Sars (1878) [Sepkoski's age data: Q Plei R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Turritella (Turritellopsis) by Richards (1962).

It was assigned to Turritella by Richards (1962); to Turritellopsinae by Wilson (1993) and Allmon (1996); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Turritellidae by Rosenberg (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Turritellopsis Sars
1962Turritella (Turritellopsis) Richards
1993Turritellopsis Wilson p. 140
1996Turritellopsis Allmon p. 11
2002Turritellopsis Sepkoski
2005Turritellopsis Rosenberg

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyTurritellidaeLovén 1847
genusTurritellopsisSars 1878

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. Turritellopsis Sars 1878
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†Turritellopsis weaveri Winkle 1918
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 Priabonian to the top of the Holocene or 38.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) T. weaveri (40733)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Antarctica T. latior (48430 48434)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Turritella acicula (66501)