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Turritella meganosensis

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Turritella meganosensis Clark and Woodford p. 119 figs. Pl 21, figs 2-5
1938Turritella meganosensis Turner p. 85
1941Turritella meganosensis Merriam p. 75 figs. Plate 8, figures 3, 4, 7, 9
1984Turritella meganosensis Squires p. 17
1987Turritella meganosensis Squires p. 25
1999Turritella meganosensis Squires p. 15 figs. Figure 26

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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
speciesmeganosensis

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.

Turritella meganosensis Clark and Woodford 1927
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Turritella meganosensis protumescens Merriam and Turner 1937
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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 Ypresian to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Turritella meganosensis (36862 52420 52421 52422 52423 52426 52429 177614)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Oregon) Turritella buwaldana (200803) Turritella meganosensis (200802)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Turritella meganosensis (200842 200844 201192 201195 201198 207152 207180 207183)