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Turritriton

Gastropoda - Ranellidae

Taxonomy
Turritriton was named by Dall (1904) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Cymatium (Turritriton) by Todd (2001), Beu (2005), Landau et al. (2008).

It was assigned to Ranellidae by Stilwell and Zinsmeister (1992); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); to Cymatium by Todd (2001), Beu (2005), Landau et al. (2008); to Ranellinae by Beu (2010); and to Cymatiinae by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Synonyms
  • Tritoniscus was named by Dall (1904). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Turritriton by Beu (2005).
  • Particymatium was named by Iredale (1936). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Turritriton by Beu (2005).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Tritoniscus Dall
1904Turritriton Dall p. 133
1936Particymatium Iredale p. 307
1992Turritriton Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 116
2001Cymatium (Turritriton) Todd
2002Turritriton Sepkoski
2005Cymatium (Turritriton) Beu p. 100
2008Cymatium (Turritriton) Landau et al. p. 455
2010Turritriton Beu p. 192
2010Turritriton Landau and Marques da Silva p. 54

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyRanellidaeGray 1854
subfamilyRanellinaeGray 1854
genusTurritritonDall 1904

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.

G. Turritriton Dall 1904
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Turritriton gibbosus Broderip 1833
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Invalid names: Cymatium adairense Dall 1910 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Cymatium (Monoplex) pharcidum Dall 1889 [synonym]
Invalid names: Particymatium Iredale 1936 [synonym], Tritoniscus Dall 1904 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:59:47
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:59:47
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 41.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 38.0 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) T. suroabditus (63552)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Antarctica T. suroabditus (72397)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Dominican Republic T. domingensis (92450)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcón) T. domingensis (96434)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Dominican Republic T. domingensis (74958 74959)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic T. domingensis (74934 131370 131509 131517)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama T. domingensis (92598) T. gibbosus (136005)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela Cymatium domingense (130981) T. domingensis (96470 130976)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Kalimantan) Cymatium tenuiliratum (173685)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic T. domingensis (75042 89564)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela T. domingensis (136387)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic T. domingensis (80136)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Colombia T. gibbosus (136389)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica T. labiosus (131134 131915)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica T. labiosus (96519)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Cymatium domingense (79710)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Ecuador (Manabi) T. labiosus (136455)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Costa Rica T. gibbosus (135044 136817)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) T. gibbosus (122846)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Triton gibbosus (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Cymatium gibbosum (44963)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Tritonium gibbosus (222660)