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Turritella (Turritella) dibleyi

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Turritella dibleyi was named by Newton (1918). Its type specimen is BMNH G. 29362, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Margett's Pit, Burham [Chalk Marl], which is in a Cenomanian carbonate chalk in the Chalk Marl Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Turritella (Turritella) dibleyi by Abbass (1962).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Turritella dibleyi Newton p. 97 figs. pl. 10, figs. 1, 2
1962Turritella (Turritella) dibleyi Abbass p. 180

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyTurritellidaeLovén 1847
subfamilyTurritellinaeLovén 1847
genusTurritellaLamarck 1799
subgenusTurritellaLamarck 1799
speciesdibleyi(Newton 1918)

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: yess
Adult length: 10 to < 100s
Adult width: 10 to < 100s
Adult height: 10 to < 100s
Thickness: thing
Folds: nones
Ribbing: minors
Spines: nones
Internal reinforcement: nones
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-02-26 16:40:08
Modified: 2009-02-26 18:40:08
Source: s = species, g = genus, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Abbass 1962, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Turritella dibleyi (86964 type locality: 86965 86966 86967)