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Turritella (Torquesia)

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Torquesia was named by Douvillé (1929) [Sepkoski's age data: K Vala R Sepkoski's reference number: 614,1066]. It is extant. Its type is Turritella granulata.

It was reranked as Turritella (Torquesia) by Abbass (1962), Abbass (1967), Moneer et al. (2024).

It was assigned to Turritellidae by Kase (1984); to Turritellinae by Adegoke (1977), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995), Allmon (1996); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Turritella by Abbass (1962), Abbass (1967), Moneer et al. (2024).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Torquesia coemansi, Torquesia prehumerosa, Torquesia rigida, Torquesia yaegashii, 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 newcombei, Turritella newcombei, 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
Sister taxa
Torquesia (Ispharina)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Torquesia Douvillé
1962Turritella (Torquesia) Abbass p. 182
1967Turritella (Torquesia) Abbass p. 21
1977Torquesia Adegoke p. 91
1984Torquesia Kase p. 121
1995Torquesia Pacaud and Le Renard p. 157
1996Torquesia Allmon p. 10
2002Torquesia Sepkoski
2024Turritella (Torquesia) Moneer et al.

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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
subgenusTorquesia(Douvillé 1929)

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.

Subg. Turritella (Torquesia) Douvillé 1929
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Subg. †Torquesia (Ispharina) Vjalov and Solun 1963
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Ispharina sulcifera Deshayes 1832
Turritella (Ispharina) tarturensis Awad and Abed 1967
Torquesia adabionensis Oppenheim 1915
Torquesia oppenheimi Adegoke 1977
Turritella (Torquesia) abbassi Awad and Abed 1967
Turritella (Torquesia) akkadi Awad and Abed 1967
Turritella (Torquesia) nazikae Awad and Abed 1967
Turritella (Torquesia) saharica Awad and Abed 1967
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 119.57000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (90 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian121.4 - 113.2United Kingdom (England) Turritella granulata (86972 86973) Turritella tamra (86974)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Egypt Turritella moradi (151611)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Japan Torquesia yaegashii (91260 91285 91286 91287 91288 91290 91296)
Albian113.2 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Turritella faizai (86977) Turritella granulata (51597 51674) Turritella vibrayeana (86976) Turritella vibrayeana, Turritella wagihi (86975)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Turritella granulata (6280 51673)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Egypt Turritella moradi (98327)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany Torquesia granulata, Torquesia vibrayeana (66734 66776) Torquesia vibrayeana (66779)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Turritella granulata (86971)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Austria Torquesia rigida (177758)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Austria Torquesia rigida (74489)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Maryland) Torquesia prehumerosa (83135)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Belgium Torquesia coemansi (3118)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Colombia (Guajira) Turritella eliciloides (99141)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66Egypt (Western Desert) Turritella nazikae (3153)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Egypt Turritella tarturensis, Turritella abbassi, Turritella saharica, Turritella akkadi, Turritella nazikae (2953)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Germany Torquesia coemansi (3114 3116)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Colombia Turritella elicitatoides (180400)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Nigeria Torquesia adabionensis, Torquesia oppenheimi (7791)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Trinidad and Tobago Turritella humerosa (80170)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Togo Turritella adabionensis (167948) Turritella vredenburgi (241238)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Ispharina sulcifera (3266 3267 3268)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene56.0 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Ispharina sulcifera (3257)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Nigeria Turritella sulcifera (51239 51240 51241 51242 51243 51244 51245 51246)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Ispharina terebellata (8125) Ispharina terebellata, Ispharina sulcifera (8124) Turritella sulcifera (8047 8048)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Egypt Turritella naimi (2955) Turritella pharaonica (41905)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Turritella sulcifera (40523 40530)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Egypt Turritella carinifera, Turritella pharaonica (2960) Turritella mahmoudi (2961) Turritella pharaonica (234893 234895 234896)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Egypt (Fayum) Turritella pharaonica (235098)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France Turritella sulcifera, Turritella carinifera (78567)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Oise) Turritella sulcifera (3494)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Egypt Turritella pharaonica (79700 184745 234886 234890 234891 234892)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Italy Turritella sulcifera, Turritella carinifera (78565)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Egypt (Fayum) Turritella pharaonica (74738 235099)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Libya Turritella sulcifera (42143)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) Turritella carinifera (41473)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58South Africa (Cape) Turritella carinifera (179484)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58South Africa (Western Cape) Turritella carinifera (118317 118318)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774South Africa (Western Cape) Turritella carinifera (118303 118308 118311)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa Turritella carinifera (122933 122937 122940 122941 122943 122945)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Namibia (Karas) Turritella carinifera (124048)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa (Western Cape) Turritella carinifera (110492)