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Turricula promensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae

Taxonomy
Surcula promensis was named by Vredenburg (1921) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene-Miocene; Myanmar, India.]. Its type specimen is Unknown number, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Turricula promensis by Mukerjee (1939).

Subspecies

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Surcula promensis Vredenburg p. 304 figs. pl. 8, figs. 1-3
1939Turricula promensis Mukerjee p. 78

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyClavatulidae(Gray 1853)
genusTurriculaSchumacher 1817
speciespromensis()

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.

Turricula promensis Vredenburg 1921
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:08:14
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:08:14
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Aquitanian or 23.04000 to 20.45000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Myanmar Surcula promensis (76584 76593 76595)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India Surcula promensis (72033) Turricula promensis (72084 76573) Turricula promensis, Turricula promensis (76574)