Tunstallia helicina von Schlotheim 1820

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Microdomatidae

Alternative combinations: Glyptospira helicina, Littorina helicina, Omphalotrochus helicinus, Poleumita helicina, Polytropis helicina, Trochelites helicinus, Turbo helicinus, Yunnania helcina

Synonyms: Littorina mancuniensis Brown 1839, Turbo mancuniensis Brown 1839, Turbo meyeri Muenster 1843, Turbo minutus Brown 1839, Turbo permianus King 1848

Full reference: E.F. von Schlotheim. 1820. Die Petrfactendunde auf ihrem jetzigen Standpunkte durch die Beshreibung seiner Sammlung versteinerter und fossiler Überreste des Thier- und Pflanzernreichs der Vorwelt erläutert 1-457

Belongs to Tunstallia according to N.T.J. Hollingworth and M. J. Barker 1991

See also Brown 1839, Dietz 1911, Geinitz 1841, Geinitz 1848, Geinitz 1861, Howse 1848, Howse 1857, King 1850, King 1856, Pattison 1970, Pattison 1977, von Schlotheim 1820 and Yochelson and Saunders 1967

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Tunstallia helicina: HB QT10.6, a shell.
  • Turbo mancuniensis: Its type locality is Newtown, River Irk, Bed 4, which is in a Wuchiapingian shallow subtidal packstone in the United Kingdom.
  • Turbo meyeri:
  • Turbo minutus: Its type locality is Newtown, River Irk, Bed 4, which is in a Wuchiapingian shallow subtidal packstone in the United Kingdom.
  • Turbo permianus:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Spain (1 collection)

• Permian of Germany (2), North Atlantic (1), the United Kingdom (28), United States (1: Texas)

Total: 33 collections including 40 occurrences

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