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Turritella (Broderiptella) caronensis

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Turritella gatunensis caronensis was named by Mansfield (1925) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; Trinidad and Tobago.]. Its type specimen is USNM 352678, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Turritella caronensis by Mansfield (1925); it was recombined as Turritella (Broderiptella) caronensis by Landau et al. (2008) and Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Turritella caronensis Mansfield
1925Turritella gatunensis caronensis Mansfield p. 51 figs. pl. 8, figs. 12, 13, 14
1926Turritella willistoni Hodson p. 195 figs. pl. 18, figs. 2-4, 8
2008Turritella (Broderiptella) caronensis Landau et al. p. 457
2010Turritella (Broderiptella) caronensis Landau and Marques da Silva p. 20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyTurritellidaeLovén 1847
subfamilyTurritellinaeLovén 1847
genusTurritellaLamarck 1799
subgenusBroderiptellaOlsson 1964
speciescaronensis()

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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Invalid names: Turritella willistoni Hodson 1926 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 15.97000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Trinidad and Tobago Turritella gatunensis (74919 74920 74921)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela Turritella caronensis (96488)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Venezuela Turritella caronensis (96485)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Turritella caronensis (79710 111010)