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Turritella peninsularis

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Turritella peninsularis Anderson and Hanna p. 25 figs. Plate 10, figure 5
1958Turritella peninsularis Anderson p. 154 figs. Plate 64, figure 6

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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
speciespeninsularis

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 peninsularis Anderson and Hanna 1935
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. M. Anderson and G. D. Hanna 1935Shell of medium size, robust; whorls subangular ; sutural grooves impressed, deep and broad; sides of whorls flattened or slightly concave; surface almost smooth on holotype, ornamented by faint revolving threads crossed by sinuous lines of growth; aperture sub-quadrate; spire high, tap ering gradually to apex; whorls rounded on shoulders.