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Turritella iota

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Turritella iota was named by Popenoe (1937) [TYPE LOCALITY: LACMIP 8178 (Late Turonian). TYPE REPOSITORY: LACMIP, California.]. Its type specimen is CIT (IP) 3457 (=LACMIP 4186?) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LACMIP loc. 8178, Rose Canyon, Santa Ana Mountains, which is in a Turonian marine horizon in the Ladd Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Turritella iota Popenoe p. 401 figs. pl. 49, fig. 8
2006Turritella iota Squires and Saul p. 54

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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
speciesiota

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 iota Popenoe 1937
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. P. Popenoe 1937Shell of medium size, rather slender: whorls shallowly concave along the posterior four-fifths of the whorl, the sides of the whorl diverging to a definite keel or shoulder near the anterior suture, thence sloping abruptly from the keel inward to the suture; sculpture of three or four strong beaded spirals, separated by numerous fine spirals developed between the principal ones; aperture almost quadrate.
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 Late/Upper Turonian to the top of the Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) Turritella iota (220930)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (California) Turritella iota (215284 type locality: 222131 222135)