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Turbo (Marmarostoma) setosus

Gastropoda - Turbinidae

Taxonomy
Turbo setosus was named by Gmelin (1791) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene-Recent; west Pacific. COMMENTS: m. kosnik taxon no: 8801]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Marmorostoma setosus by Kosuge (1969); it was recombined as Turbo (Marmarostoma) setosus by Ladd (1966) and Hendy (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. reticularis, T. thouvignoi, T. sanoi, T. yoshiharuyabei, T. hosodai

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1791Turbo setosus Gmelin p. 3494
1966Turbo (Marmarostoma) setosus Ladd p. 49
1969Marmorostoma setosus Kosuge
1987Turbo setosus Short and Potter p. 14
2007Turbo (Marmarostoma) setosus Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurbinidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyTurbininaeRafinesque 1815
genusTurboLinnaeus 1758
subgenusMarmarostoma(Swainson 1829)
speciessetosus(Gmelin 1791)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: intermediateg
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: minorg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 10:38:22
Modified: 2009-03-16 12:38:22
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Abbott and Dance 1986

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Guam Turbo setosus (77937)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Tuvalu Turbo setosus (78038)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Marmorostoma setosus (89307)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius Turbo setosus (96889)