Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Alternative spelling: Turbinellus
Synonym: Xancus Röding 1798 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Turbinellinae according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010
See also Beu 2005, Cushman 1927, DuBar 1958, Gardner 1947, Harzhauser 2004, Maury 1917, Olsson and Harbison 1953, Rivera 1957, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 2012, Todd 2001, Vokes 1984 and Woodring 1964
Sister taxon: Syrinx
Subtaxa: Turbinella (Mangkalia) Turbinella acutangulatus Turbinella affinis Turbinella amazonianum Turbinella angulata Turbinella brasilianus Turbinella buccina Turbinella chipolana Turbinella demissa Turbinella episoma Turbinella falconensis Turbinella gratus Turbinella hermani Turbinella humilior Turbinella junghuhni Turbinella laevigata Turbinella magdalenensis Turbinella mekranica Turbinella perexilis Turbinella pilsbryi Turbinella polygonata Turbinella praelaevigata Turbinella praelavigata Turbinella praetextilis Turbinella premekranica Turbinella protracta Turbinella pyrum Turbinella rembangensis Turbinella scolymoides Turbinella scopulus Turbinella trinitatis Turbinella valida Turbinella wheeleri Turbinella wilsoni Xancus (Eoxancus) Xancus paytensis Xancus peruvianus Xancus regina Xancus rex Xancus talarensis
Type: Voluta pyrum
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Cuba (1 collection), Eritrea (1), India (1), United States (10: Florida)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (2: Florida)
• Pliocene of Colombia (2), the Dominican Republic (2), India (1), Jamaica (4), Mexico (2), United States (1: Florida), Venezuela (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2)
• Miocene of Brazil (4), Colombia (31), Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (26), Haiti (1), India (4), Indonesia (1), Pakistan (4), Panama (24), Somalia (7), South Africa (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (7: Florida), Venezuela (7)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (4: Florida)
• Oligocene of Bulgaria (3), Colombia (1), Costa Rica (1), Haiti (1), India (1), Iran (1), Israel (1), Mexico (1), Pakistan (2), Somalia (2), United States (11: Florida, Georgia, Mississippi), Venezuela (1)
• Eocene of Colombia (1), Haiti (1), Libya (1), Mexico (1), Panama (1), Peru (7), United States (12: Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)
• Paleocene of United States (2: Alabama)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Germany (1), United States (6: California, New Jersey, Tennessee)
Total: 214 collections including 242 occurrences
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