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Turritella abrupta

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy

Turritella robusta abrupta was named by Spieker (1922). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Turritella abrupta by Olsson (1932), Perrilliat (1972), Landau et al. (2008) and Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

T. adela, T. agronomica, T. alcida, T. altiliroides, T. ameghinoi, T. anguillana, T. bilara, T. bilboraensis, T. biplicata, T. boycensis, T. brankampi, T. callizona, T. capensis, T. carninata, T. caseyi, T. chalybeatensis, T. chirena, T. claytonensis, T. cobbani, T. codellana, T. collazica, T. crocus, T. diastropha, T. difficilis, T. distincta, T. falconensis, T. fascialiis, T. femina, T. fischeri, T. forgemoli, T. gardnerae, T. hilli, T. jenkinsi, T. kauffmani, T. knysnaensis, T. kowiensis, T. laevissima, T. leonensis, T. lineolta, T. litharia, T. malaspina, T. mcnairyensis, T. megalobasis, T. meunieri, T. millepunctata, T. ministeri, T. molarium, T. monserratensis, T. multilinata, T. mundula, T. neusensis, T. novaesemljae, T. paraensis, T. pedroana, T. pelusae, T. perrieri, T. pirabica, T. pliorecens, T. pontoni, T. poronaiensis, T. premimetes, T. rostrata, T. rubricollis, T. soaresana, T. submortoni, T. tanaguraensis, T. trilara, T. triplicata, T. turneri, T. wagneriana, T. wasana, T. webbi, T. wiedenmayeri, T. pllanigyrata, T. conspicablis, T. chichibuensis, T. premortoni, T. waltonensis

Synonyms

Turritella robusta fredeai was named by Hodson (1926). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Turritella fredeai by Anderson (1929); it was synonymized subjectively with Turritella abrupta by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).
Turritella supraconcava was named by Hanna and Israelsky (1925). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS Loc. 555, Payta, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in Peru.

It was synonymized subjectively with Turritella abrupta by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).
Turritella trinitaria was named by Maury (1925). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Turritella abrupta by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).
Turritella charana was named by Spieker (1922). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Turritella abrupta by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1922	Turritella robusta abrupta Spieker p. 85 fig. 4:6
1922	Turritella charana Spieker p. 86 figs. pl. 4, fig. 7
1925	Turritella supraconcava Hanna and Israelsky p. 59
1925	Turritella trinitaria Maury p. 382 figs. p. 42, fig. 10
1926	Turritella robusta fredeai Hodson p. 13 figs. pl. 5, fig, 3
1929	Turritella fredeai Anderson p. 119
1929	Turritella supraconcava Weisbord p. 30
1932	Turritella abrupta Olsson p. 200
1972	Turritella abrupta Perrilliat p. 38
2008	Turritella abrupta Landau et al. p. 457
2010	Turritella abrupta Landau and Marques da Silva p. 22

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
superfamily	Cerithioidea	(Férussac 1819)
family	Turritellidae	Lovén 1847
subfamily	Turritellinae	Lovén 1847
genus	Turritella	Lamarck 1799
species	abrupta	(Spieker 1922)

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 abrupta Spieker 1922

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Invalid names: Turritella charana Spieker 1922 [synonym], Turritella fredeai Hodson 1926 [synonym], Turritella supraconcava Hanna and Israelsky 1925 [synonym], Turritella trinitaria Maury 1925 [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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 56.00000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (43 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Eocene	56.0 - 33.9	Peru	Turritella supraconcava (93758)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	Venezuela	Turritella abrupta (96484)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	Peru	Turritella abrupta (66178) Turritella charana (93748)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	Ecuador (Guayas)	Turritella abrupta (61059)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	Peru (Tumbes)	Turritella charana (59001)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Colombia (Bolivar)	Turritella supraconcava (60687)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Ecuador (Manabi)	Turritella abrupta (60754)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Ecuador (Guayas)	Turritella abrupta (96516)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Colombia (Atlantico)	Turritella supraconcava (60678)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Peru	Turritella abrupta (66179)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	Panama	Turritella abrupta (93145 93146 93147 93162 93164 93168 145521 145523)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	Venezuela	Turritella abrupta (96470 130981)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	Panama (Darien)	Turritella abrupta (111206 111208 111209 111210 136007 136104 136993)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	Panama (Colon)	Turritella abrupta (142927 145337 145338)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Colombia	Turritella abrupta (131220) Turritella fredeai (88296)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Trinidad and Tobago	Turritella trinitaria (81976)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Ecuador	Turritella abrupta (96441)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Venezuela	Turritella abrupta (92751 96488)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Colombia (Bolívar)	Turritella fredeai (88316)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Ecuador (Esmeraldas)	Turritella abrupta (135043)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Venezuela	Turritella abrupta (96486)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.588	Venezuela	Turritella abrupta (79710 111011)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.588	Mexico	Turritella abrupta (77714)