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Turrilites acutus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Turrilitidae

Taxonomy
Turrilites acutus was named by Passy (1832) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenomanian; Cosmopolitan.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Turrilites (Turrilites) acutus by Förster (1975), Atabekyan (1985), Zaborski (1985), Howarth (1985), Kennedy et al. (1988), Kennedy (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. borssumensis, T. peruviana, T. aumalensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Turrilites acutus Passy p. 334 figs. pl. 16, figs. 3, 4
1857Turrilites wiestii Sharpe
1862Turrilites tevesthensis Coquand
1952Turrilites dearingi Stephenson
1960Turrilites (Turrilites) dilleri Murphy and Rodda p. 849 figs. Pl. 103, fig. 6
1972Turrilites (Turrilites) acutus americanus Cobban and Scott
1975Turrilites (Turrilites) acutus Förster p. 193 figs. Pl 7, fig 10
1985Turrilites (Turrilites) acutus Atabekyan p. 77 figs. Pl 28, figs 5-13; pl 29, figs 1-10; pl 30, figs 1-11
1985Turrilites (Turrilites) acutus Howarth
1985Turrilites (Turrilites) acutus Zaborski p. 11
1988Turrilites (Turrilites) acutus Kennedy et al. p. 42 figs. 1h, 2d,l
1994Turrilites (Turrilites) acutus Kennedy p. 233
2019Turrilites acutus Sealey and Lucas p. 183 figs. 37C-E, 38I, 42J-L

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyTurrilitidaeGill 1871
genusTurrilitesLamarck 1801
speciesacutusPassy 1832

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.

†Turrilites acutus Passy 1832
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Invalid names: Turrilites (Turrilites) acutus americanus Cobban and Scott 1972 [synonym], Turrilites (Turrilites) dilleri Murphy and Rodda 1960 [synonym], Turrilites dearingi Stephenson 1952 [synonym], Turrilites tevesthensis Coquand 1862 [synonym], Turrilites wiestii Sharpe 1857 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available