Turritella Lamarck 1799 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Parent taxon: Turritellinae according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010

See also Abbass 1962, Abbass 1967, Addicott 1970, Allison 1955, Allmon 1996, Bohm 1926, Bouchet et al. 2005, Devries 2019, Dockery 1993, Durham 1944, Frassinetti and Covacevich 1999, Gardner 1943, Gardner 1947, Gardner 1948, Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983, Harris and Palmer 1947, Harzhauser 2002, Harzhauser 2004, Harzhauser 2007, Harzhauser and Mandic 2001, Hickman 1980, Iqbal 1973, Jung 1971, Kase 1984, Kensley and Pether 1986, Ladd 1972, MacNeil 1960, Marquet 1997, Martin 1904, Moore 1976, Mukerjee 1939, Nagao 1928, Nagao 1928, Olsson 1931, Olsson 1967, Oostingh 1935, Pacaud and Le Renard 1995, Perrilliat 1972, Perrilliat 1987, Popenoe 1937, Rivera 1957, Scott 1970, Sepkoski 2002, Shuto 1974, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Squires 1988, Squires and Demetrion 1992, Stanton 1895, Stilwell et al. 2004, Titova 1994, Todd 2001, Turner 1938, van den Hoek Ostende et al. 2002, Vera-Peláez et al. 2004, Ward 1992, Ward and Blackwelder 1987, Weisbord 1962, Wienrich 2001, Wilson 1993, Woodring 1928, Woodring 1959, Woods 1922 and Zinsmeister 1983

Sister taxa: Archimediella, Banzarecolpus, Callostracum, Coeloconica, Colposigma, Colpospira, Gazameda, Hataiella, Idaella, Maoricolpus, Neohaustator, Nipponocolpus, Oligodia, Reymentella, Sechuritella, Spirocolpus, Tachyrhynchus, Torquesia, Tropicolpus, Wyatella, Wyattella, Zaria, Zeacolpus, Armatus, Kamchatkella

Subtaxa: Turritella (Bactrospira) Turritella (Bowlesia) Turritella (Broderiptella) Turritella (Eichwaldiella) Turritella (Kurosioia) Turritella (Peyrotia) Turritella (Sohlitella) Turritella (Tomyris) Turritella (Turritella) Turritella (Zaria) Turritella abbatis Turritella abrupta Turritella adabionensis Turritella admirabilis Turritella aegyptiaca Turritella aequistriata Turritella affinis Turritella ageri Turritella aguilerae Turritella alpis Turritella alternans Turritella altilirata Turritella ambulacrum Turritella anceps Turritella andersoni Turritella annectens Turritella antigona Turritella apita Turritella arduissima Turritella arethusa Turritella arsenei Turritella assimilis Turritella attenuata Turritella auricincta Turritella beaufortensis Turritella belviderei Turritella berjadinensis Turritella bernardi Turritella bhagothorensis Turritella bicarinata Turritella bicingulata Turritella bosworthi Turritella boughtoni Turritella bowenae Turritella bramkampi Turritella brunnhilda Turritella buckinghamensis Turritella bucklandii Turritella bunkerhillensis Turritella buwaldana Turritella cahuillensis Turritella caleta Turritella canaliculata Turritella candida Turritella caparonis Turritella capistrata Turritella carezi Turritella caribaea Turritella carlottae Turritella carrisaensis Turritella ceibana Turritella chaneyi Turritella chicoensis Turritella chinhauaninae Turritella chira Turritella clathratula Turritella clevelandia Turritella cocoditana Turritella columnaris Turritella communis Turritella conquistadorana Turritella conspera Turritella cooperi Turritella coreyi Turritella cornuatus Turritella creola Turritella crocea Turritella cruzadoi Turritella cumberlandia Turritella curamichatensis Turritella dalli Turritella daviesi Turritella dickersoni Turritella diversilineata Turritella douvillei Turritella durhami Turritella dutexata Turritella encina Turritella exaltata Turritella excavata Turritella fica Turritella filicincta Turritella forresti Turritella freya Turritella fuerta Turritella fultoni Turritella gabrielensis Turritella galvesia Turritella gatunensis Turritella gemmulifera Turritella gilbertharrisi Turritella goldfusii Turritella gonisotoma Turritella gonostoma Turritella gothica Turritella granti Turritella guppyi Turritella halensis Turritella hallii Turritella hamiltonensis Turritella hannai Turritella harborti Turritella harrisoni Turritella hearni Turritella heberti Turritella herberti Turritella hollandi Turritella hookeri Turritella hopkinsi Turritella hubbardi Turritella humerosa Turritella hybrida Turritella iddingsi Turritella illesca Turritella illustris Turritella imperialis Turritella inca Turritella indenta Turritella inezana Turritella infraconstricta Turritella infragranulata Turritella infralineata Turritella inframarginata Turritella iota Turritella jacksonensis Turritella kachhensis Turritella kaiseri Turritella kamerunensis Turritella kansasensis Turritella karatsuensis Turritella kayalensis Turritella keaseyensis Turritella kernensis Turritella keswickensis Turritella kimberi Turritella lagunillasensis Turritella lahirii Turritella larensis Turritella laubei Turritella leptomita Turritella lindae Turritella lineolata Turritella lissoni Turritella listrota Turritella lloydsmithi Turritella lornensis Turritella machapoorensis Turritella maputi Turritella margaritana Turritella marianopsis Turritella masinguiensis Turritella matarucana Turritella mauryana Turritella medioconcava Turritella meganosensis Turritella melanoides Turritella merenskyi Turritella meroensis Turritella merriami Turritella miikensis Turritella mississippiensis Turritella monilifera Turritella monilifera Turritella monroensis Turritella montereyana Turritella montserratensis Turritella moodyi Turritella narica Turritella nasuta Turritella negritosensis Turritella nelsoni Turritella nerinexa Turritella nipponica Turritella nodosa Turritella nodulosa Turritella noetlingi Turritella obruta Turritella ochlockoneensis Turritella ocoyana Turritella okadai Turritella olssoni Turritella olympicensis Turritella opalina Turritella opalina Turritella oregonensis Turritella oreodoxa Turritella ossa Turritella pachecoensis Turritella packardi Turritella paedopsis Turritella pagodaeformis Turritella pagodula Turritella paraguanensis Turritella pasada Turritella pedroensis Turritella peninsularis Turritella perdita Turritella perduensis Turritella perforata Turritella petersoni Turritella pilsbryi Turritella pinfoldi Turritella pittsburgensis Turritella planispira Turritella polonica Turritella polynominata Turritella pondicherriensis Turritella portaroi Turritella porterensis Turritella praelonga Turritella prenuncia Turritella pseudobandongensis Turritella pseudohauthalli Turritella pseudotethis Turritella puncticulata Turritella quadrangulonodosa Turritella quadrilira Turritella rakhiensis Turritella reevei Turritella reversa Turritella riverae Turritella robusta Turritella robusta Turritella rotundata Turritella rustica Turritella sakitoensis Turritella salasi Turritella salchica Turritella saltoensis Turritella samanensis Turritella sanguinea Turritella saposa Turritella scalata Turritella schencki Turritella scrippsensis Turritella secta Turritella segmenta Turritella seriatimgranulata Turritella sexlineata Turritella shataii Turritella sherborni Turritella soldadensis Turritella soriensis Turritella sowerbii Turritella steiningeri Turritella stephanensis Turritella stocki Turritella stoppanii Turritella subcanaliculata Turritella subcarinata Turritella subgrundifera Turritella subtilestriata Turritella subtilis Turritella subuvasana Turritella subvariabilis Turritella susanaensis Turritella tampae Turritella taurinensis Turritella tejonensis Turritella temblorensis Turritella terebellata Turritella terebralis Turritella terebriformis Turritella tippana Turritella tipperi Turritella tornata Turritella torulosa Turritella totiumsanctorum Turritella tricincta Turritella tricostata Turritella trilineata Turritella trilira Turritella trilix Turritella turbinata Turritella turris Turritella tuxtepecensis Turritella uvasana Turritella vaderensis Turritella vanvlecki Turritella variata Turritella varicosta Turritella venezuelana Turritella ventricosa Turritella vertebroides Turritella vientoensis Turritella vistana Turritella vitulata Turritella washingtoniana Turritella weaveri Turritella wheatlandensis Turritella woodsi Turritella xylina Turritella yucatecana

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Type: Turbo terebra

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Angola (1 collection), Chile (4), Colombia (2), Costa Rica (5), Ecuador (2), Eritrea (1), Fiji (1), Guam (2), India (1), Ireland (1), Italy (7), Japan (3), Jordan (3), the Marshall Islands (1), Mayotte (1), Mexico (15), Morocco (3), Namibia (1), Pakistan (1), Panama (1), Peru (4), the Philippines (1), South Africa (5), Spain (4), Taiwan (11), the United Kingdom (9), United States (117: California, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina), Vanuatu (2), Venezuela (3)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1), Guam (1), Malaysia (5), Mexico (1), United States (19: California, Florida)

• Pliocene to Holocene of Chile (1)

• Pliocene of Belgium (4), Colombia (17), Costa Rica (12), Cyprus (1), the Dominican Republic (4), Ecuador (10), Fiji (2), Greece (2), Haiti (3), Holy See (Vatican City State) (1), Indonesia (9), Iran (1), Italy (6), Jamaica (6), Japan (20), Mexico (12), Pakistan (6), Panama (14), Papua New Guinea (1), Peru (1), the Philippines (1), South Africa (2), Trinidad and Tobago (11), the United Kingdom (3), United States (103: California, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (21)

• Miocene to Pleistocene of Argentina (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1), the Dominican Republic (3), Indonesia (2)

• Miocene of Algeria (8), Anguilla (2), Argentina (21), Austria (17), Belgium (1), Brazil (11), Canada (1: British Columbia), Chile (13), Colombia (154), Costa Rica (2), Cyprus (5), the Czech Republic (1), Denmark (1), the Dominican Republic (5), Ecuador (28), France (7), French Southern Territories (3), Germany (58), Greece (2), Grenada (4), Guam (2), Haiti (2), Hungary (1), India (26), Indonesia (15), Iran (1), Italy (17), Jamaica (1), Japan (41), Kazakhstan (1), Libya (1), Madagascar (1), the Marshall Islands (1), Mexico (26), Moldova (6), Morocco (3), Myanmar (1), Pakistan (8), Panama (166), Peru (37), the Philippines (1), Poland (2), Puerto Rico (1), Romania (4), the Russian Federation (3), Saudi Arabia (2), Slovakia (11), South Africa (1), Trinidad and Tobago (26), Turkey (10), United States (169: California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington), Venezuela (42)

• Oligocene to Pliocene of Argentina (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1), Haiti (2), United States (21: Alaska, California, Florida, Georgia), Venezuela (3)

• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (1), Argentina (8), Colombia (1), Ecuador (1), Germany (1), Greece (1), Haiti (1), Hungary (3), Iran (2), Italy (1), Jamaica (3), Japan (20), Libya (2), the Marshall Islands (1), Mexico (2), Myanmar (4), Oman (2), Pakistan (5), Panama (6), Peru (18), Puerto Rico (5), Romania (8), the Russian Federation (4), Somalia (1), Trinidad and Tobago (2), Turkey (1), United States (125: Alabama, Alaska, California, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oregon, Washington), Venezuela (12)

• Eocene to Oligocene of Argentina (2), Haiti (1), Peru (3), United States (1: Washington)

• Eocene to Miocene of Argentina (1), United States (1: California)

• Eocene of Angola (1), Argentina (3), Belgium (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), Brazil (1), Bulgaria (1), Colombia (15), Egypt (14), France (9), Germany (2), Haiti (1), Hungary (2), India (5), Italy (2), Jamaica (4), Japan (20), Libya (1), the Marshall Islands (1), Mexico (22), Namibia (1), the Netherlands (1), the Netherlands Antilles (2), New Zealand (1), Nigeria (12), Pakistan (13), Panama (13), Peru (36), Saudi Arabia (1), Spain (53), the United Kingdom (12), United States (656: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington), Venezuela (4)

• Paleocene to Eocene of United States (5: California, Louisiana, South Carolina, Texas)

• Paleogene of United States (1: California)

• Paleocene of Argentina (24), Austria (2), Belgium (2), Bulgaria (1), Canada (1: Yukon), Colombia (2), Egypt (6), Germany (3), Greenland (3), India (1), Libya (1), Mexico (12), Niger (1), Nigeria (1), Pakistan (5), Poland (6), Puerto Rico (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (291: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (3: New Jersey, Texas)

• Cretaceous of Albania (1), Argentina (28), Australia (1), Austria (1), Brazil (1), Cameroon (8), Chile (1), Colombia (1), Egypt (8), France (5), Gabon (1), Germany (7), Indian Ocean (1), Israel (8), Jamaica (3), Japan (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (10), Mozambique (3), Nigeria (4), Peru (1), Poland (4), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (9), South Africa (1), Sweden (1), Switzerland (5), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (12), United States (700: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington), Venezuela (2)

• Jurassic of Ethiopia (1), Luxembourg (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), the United Kingdom (1)

• Triassic of Germany (2), Hungary (2), Indonesia (1), Italy (3), United States (4: Alaska)

Total: 3903 collections including 5427 occurrences

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