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Turritella (Bactrospira)

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Bactrospira was named by Cossmann (1912) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio]. Its type is Turritella perattenuata.

It was reranked as Torcula (Bactrospira) by Allmon (1996); it was reranked as Turritella (Bactrospira) by Jung (1971), Perrilliat (1987), Landau et al. (2008), Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

It was assigned to Torcula by Allmon (1996); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Turritella by Jung (1971), Perrilliat (1987), Landau et al. (2008), Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Turritella acricula, Turritella acutangula, Turritella adela, Turritella agronomica, Turritella alabamensis, Turritella alcida, Turritella alcida, Turritella aldrichi, Turritella alitilira, Turritella alitilira, Turritella altilira, Turritella altilira, Turritella altilira, Turritella altilira, Turritella altilira, Turritella altilira, Turritella altilira, Turritella altilirata, Turritella altilirata, Turritella altilirata, Turritella altilirata, Turritella altiliroides, Turritella alturana, Turritella alumensis, Turritella alzolai, Turritella amaras, Turritella amaras, Turritella ambulacrum, Turritella ambulacrum, Turritella ameghinoi, Turritella ameghinoi, Turritella amekiensis, Turritella anactor, Turritella andreasi, Turritella anguillana, Turritella angulata, Turritella anstini, Turritella apicalis, Turritella apicalis, Turritella apicaulis, Turritella archimedis, Turritella archimedis, Turritella aspera, Turritella atacta, Turritella bacillum, Turritella badensis, Turritella badensis, Turritella baghosi, Turritella bakeri, Turritella bellifera, Turritella belviderensis, Turritella berjadinensis, Turritella berjadinensis, Turritella beyrichi, Turritella beyrichi, Turritella bicarinata, Turritella bicarinata, Turritella bifasciata, Turritella bifastigata, Turritella bifastigiata, Turritella bilara, Turritella bilboraensis, Turritella biplicata, Turritella bonei, Turritella bonei, Turritella boweni, Turritella boycensis, Turritella brankampi, Turritella breantania, Turritella breantiana, Turritella brevis, Turritella broggii, Turritella buchivacoana, Turritella burckhardti, Turritella burdeni, Turritella caecisutilis, Turritella caelatura, Turritella calax, Turritella callizona, Turritella capensis, Turritella carinata, Turritella carinata, Turritella carisaensis, Turritella carnifera, Turritella carninata, Turritella carota, Turritella carregozica, Turritella caseyi, Turritella cauredalitoensis, Turritella cauredalitoensis, Turritella cauredalitoensis, Turritella cazodoriana, Turritella chaneyi, Turritella chapelvillensis, Turritella charpentieri, Turritella chichibuensis, Turritella chipolana, Turritella chirena, Turritella cinculifera, Turritella circumcisa, Turritella circumdatum, Turritella claytonensis, Turritella clevlandica, Turritella cobbani, Turritella cochlias, Turritella codellana, Turritella coemansi, Turritella collazica, Turritella conguistadorana, Turritella conspicablis, Turritella cookei, Turritella cookei, Turritella cookei, Turritella cookei, Turritella copiosa, Turritella cortezi, Turritella costata, Turritella crocus, Turritella crossei, Turritella decipiens, Turritella delriensis, Turritella dertonensis, Turritella dertonensis, Turritella dertonensis, Turritella dertonensis, Turritella desertica, Turritella desmarestina, Turritella diastropha, Turritella difficilis, Turritella distincta, Turritella dobyensis, Turritella doeringi, Turritella dubisiensis, Turritella dupiniana, Turritella edita, Turritella eliciloides, Turritella elicita, Turritella elisabethae, Turritella encrinoidea, Turritella erosa, Turritella etiwanensis, Turritella eucosmeta, Turritella eucosmeta, Turritella eurynome, Turritella falconensis, Turritella fascialiis, Turritella faucignyana, Turritella femina, Turritella ferruginea, Turritella figueirasi, Turritella filcarmenensis, Turritella fileola, Turritella filiola, Turritella fischeri, Turritella flammulata, Turritella flechensis, Turritella floridana, Turritella forgemoli, Turritella forgemoli, Turritella forgemolli, Turritella fortilirata, Turritella gardnerae, Turritella gatunensis, Turritella gatunensis, Turritella gatunensis, Turritella gatunensis, Turritella gatunensis, Turritella gatunensis, Turritella gatunensis, Turritella gaweaveri, Turritella geinitzi, Turritella gemina, Turritella gersdorfensis, Turritella ghigna, Turritella gilbertharrisi, Turritella gilbertharrisi, Turritella gilberti, Turritella gladeensis, Turritella gonostoma, Turritella gradataeformis, Turritella gradataeformis, Turritella guanicensis, Turritella hagenoviana, Turritella hagenoviana, Turritella halaensis, Turritella hannonica, Turritella hardemanensis, Turritella hauthali, Turritella heberti, Turritella heimi, Turritella herminae, Turritella hilli, Turritella hodsoni, Turritella hoernesi, Turritella holmesi, Turritella horrisoni, Turritella hosworthi, Turritella houstonia, Turritella humerosa, Turritella importuna, Turritella inbricataria, Turritella inca, Turritella inconspicua, Turritella incrassata, Turritella indentata, Turritella inezana, Turritella infracarinata, Turritella infragranulata, Turritella infragranulata, Turritella infralirata, Turritella invariabilis, Turritella jaccardi, Turritella jenkensi, Turritella jenkinsi, Turritella jerseyensis, Turritella kadonosawensis, Turritella kalayensis, Turritella kauffmani, Turritella keaseyense, Turritella kerrensis, Turritella kiiensis, Turritella kincaidensis, Turritella knysnaensis, Turritella kotakai, Turritella kowiensis, Turritella laevissima, Turritella lawsoni, Turritella leonensis, Turritella lessepsi, Turritella leucostoma, Turritella levicunea, Turritella ligar, Turritella lineolta, Turritella lisbonensis, Turritella litharia, Turritella lorillardensis, Turritella machapoorensis, Turritella machapoorensis, Turritella maiquetana, Turritella malaspina, Turritella malaspina, Turritella manuanensis, Turritella marcosensis, Turritella mariana, Turritella marnochi, Turritella marshalltownensis, Turritella martinensis, Turritella maturacana, Turritella mauryae, Turritella mcbeanensis, Turritella mcnairyensis, Turritella mediosulcata, Turritella megalobasis, Turritella megalobasis, Turritella merchantvillensis, Turritella meta, Turritella meunieri, Turritella millepunctata, Turritella ministeri, Turritella mixta, Turritella molarium, Turritella monserratensis, Turritella montanitensis, Turritella moradi, Turritella mortomi, Turritella mortoni, Turritella multilinata, Turritella multilira, Turritella mundula, Turritella nana, Turritella nasuta, Turritella nazigae, Turritella nelsoni, Turritella nelsoni, Turritella neptuni, Turritella neusensis, Turritella novaesemljae, Turritella nysti, Turritella ola, Turritella opalina, Turritella opalina, Turritella oppenheimi, Turritella paraensis, Turritella paraensis, Turritella paravertebroides, Turritella partschi, Turritella partschi, Turritella partschi, Turritella patagonica, Turritella pedroana, Turritella pelusae, Turritella penderensis, Turritella peninsularis, Turritella peraubensis, Turritella perexilis, Turritella perrieri, Turritella perterebra, Turritella petschorae, Turritella pirabica, Turritella piramidesia, Turritella pithagoraica, Turritella plaigyrata, Turritella plana, Turritella plana, Turritella plebea, Turritella plebeia, Turritella plebeius, Turritella plebeua, Turritella pliorecens, Turritella pllanigyrata, Turritella plummeri, Turritella pointensis, Turritella polysticha, Turritella polytoeniata, Turritella poncensis, Turritella pontoni, Turritella pontoni, Turritella poronaiensis, Turritella postmortoni, Turritella potomacensis, Turritella praecincta, Turritella praenominata, Turritella praenuncia, Turritella prehumerosa, Turritella premimetes, Turritella premortoni, Turritella premortoni, Turritella prenuncia, Turritella prexellis, Turritella pseudobangongensis, Turritella pulchra, Turritella pyrula, Turritella pythagoraica, Turritella pythagoraica, Turritella pythagoraica, Turritella quadeicincta, Turritella quadricincta, Turritella reyi, Turritella rina, Turritella rina, Turritella rostrata, Turritella rubricollis, Turritella saffordi, Turritella saishuensis, Turritella saishuensis, Turritella saishuensis, Turritella sanjuanensis, Turritella saushuensis, Turritella saushuensis, Turritella saxorum, Turritella scalaria, Turritella semiatimgranulata, Turritella shuleri, Turritella soaresana, Turritella soaresana, Turritella spirata, Turritella spirata, Turritella striatellatus, Turritella striatellus, Turritella subacutangula, Turritella subangulata, Turritella subangulata, Turritella subangulata, Turritella subangulata, Turritella subannulata, Turritella subannulata, Turritella subannulata, Turritella subannulata, Turritella subanulata, Turritella subanulata, Turritella subarchimedis, Turritella submortoni, Turritella subponderosa, Turritella subvariabilis, Turritella sulcigyrata, Turritella suleifera, Turritella talarensis, Turritella talarensis, Turritella tampae, Turritella tana, Turritella tanaguraensis, Turritella tarponensis, Turritella tennesseensis, Turritella terebra, Turritella terebra, Turritella terebra, Turritella terebralis, Turritella terebralis, Turritella terebralis, Turritella tighilana, Turritella tigrina, Turritella tokunagai, Turritella trempina, Turritella tricarinata, Turritella tricarinata, Turritella trifumis, Turritella trifunis, Turritella trilara, Turritella trilira, Turritella trilira, Turritella triplicata, Turritella triplicata, Turritella triplicata, Turritella triplicata, Turritella triplicata, Turritella triplicata, Turritella triplicate, Turritella tristis, Turritella trisulcata, Turritella tuberculata, Turritella tuctepecensis, Turritella turbinae, Turritella turbona, Turritella turneri, Turritella turris, Turritella ungulina, Turritella uniangularis, Turritella uvasana, Turritella uvasana, Turritella uvasana, Turritella variabilis, Turritella varicosa, Turritella vaughani, Turritella venezuelana, Turritella venezuelana, Turritella venus, Turritella vermicularis, Turritella vermicularis, Turritella verneuilliana, Turritella vertebrlides, Turritella vertebroides jonesi, Turritella vertibroides, Turritella vicksburgensis, Turritella vinculata, Turritella vindobonensis, Turritella vistana, Turritella wagneriana, Turritella wagneriana, Turritella waltonensis, Turritella waltonensis, Turritella wasana, Turritella wasana, Turritella whitei, Turritella whitei, Turritella wiedenmayeri, Turritella woodi, Turritella woodi, Turritella yoshidai, Turritella zinboi, Turritella zuliana, Turritella zuliana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Bactrospira Cossmann
1971Turritella (Bactrospira) Jung p. 176
1987Turritella (Bactrospira) Perrilliat p. 11
1996Torcula (Bactrospira) Allmon p. 10
2002Bactrospira Sepkoski
2008Turritella (Bactrospira) Landau et al. p. 455
2010Turritella (Bactrospira) Landau and Marques da Silva p. 21

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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
subgenusBactrospira(Cossmann 1912)

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: thing
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 18:26:02
Modified: 2018-03-04 19:51:38
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 41.03000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (126 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene48.07 - 27.3Haiti Turritella tornata (173456)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Peru Turritella altilira (93766)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Puerto Rico Turritella altilira (80191 80192 80193)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Trinidad and Tobago Turritella altilira (93365)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Middle Miocene33.9 - 11.63Haiti Turritella tornata (173458)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Panama Turritella altilira (42558)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Panama Turritella altilira (42577 42579)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Panama Turritella amaras (42631 93238) Turritella amaras, Turritella altilira (93236)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil (Maranhao) Turritella altilira (112598)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil (Para) Turritella altilira (112590)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Turritella altilira (60753)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil (Piaui) Turritella altilira (112601)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Trinidad and Tobago Turritella perattenuata (74925)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Peru (Tumbes) Turritella altilira (59001)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.04 - 5.333Costa Rica Turritella altilira (92098)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Colombia (La Guajira) Turritella altilira (156748 156753 156754 157343)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) Turritella altilira (156798 157930)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) Turritella altilira (156524 156682)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Brazil (Para) Turritella altilira (58454)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Peru Turritella altilira (66179)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Mexico (Michoacan) Turritella altilira (66163) Turritella altilira, Turritella acosta (66162 66165)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Ecuador (Guayas) Turritella altilira (61089 61090)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Trinidad and Tobago Turritella altilira (74921)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Venezuela Turritella altilira (130981)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Turritella altilira (142895 142897 142898 142899 142901 142902 142903 142905 142906 142918 142919 142921 142922 142923 142925 142927 142932 142934 142936 142938 142939 142940 142950 142951 145195 145253 145357)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Darien) Turritella altilira (131199 136993)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Turritella altilira (52176 93057 93060 93061 93062 93167 93172 93173 93174 93175 93176 93177 93222 93224 134661 145520 145521 145522 145523)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Colombia (Bolívar) Turritella altilira (88308 88316)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Colombia Turritella altilira (97682 97683 97692 131220) Turritella altilira, Turritella perattenuata (88296)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Turritella acosta (60662) Turritella altilira (60675)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Turritella altilira (60691)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador Turritella sp., Turritella altilira (131293)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Turritella sp. (60415)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Colombia (Córdoba) Turritella altilira (88318)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Turritella tornata (58821 58822)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Colombia Turritella altilira (133227)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Turritella altilira (135043)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Colombia (Bolívar) Turritella perattenuata (88313)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Colombia (Atlántico) Turritella perattenuata (88309)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Costa Rica Turritella altilira (134655)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Costa Rica Turritella altilira (134665 134669)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Colombia Turritella altilira (93723 93725 93726)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama Turritella altilira (134663)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Costa Rica Turritella altilira (132644 134676)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774USA (Florida) Bactrospira perattenuata (79804)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Turritella perattenuata (41205 41497 41501 41539 69029 75008 79333 79335 79786 80024 80358)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Colombia Turritella altilira (97679)