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Turritella (Torcula) exoletus

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Turbo exoletus was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; North Carolina-circum-Caribbean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Turritella exoleta by Olsson (1922); it was recombined as Torcula exoletus by Rosenberg (2005); it was recombined as Turritella (Torcula) exoletus by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Turbo exoletus Linnaeus
1922Turritella exoleta Olsson p. 152
2005Torcula exoletus Rosenberg
2010Turritella (Torcula) exoletus Landau and Marques da Silva p. 22

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyTurritellidaeLovén 1847
genusTurritellaGray 1847
subgenusTorcula
speciesexoletus(Linnaeus 1758)

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
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:15:58
Modified: 2018-02-27 07:57:42
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Turritella exoleta (134667)