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Turricula (Leptosurcula)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae

Taxonomy
Leptosurcula was named by Casey (1904) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l T Eo-m-u Sepkoski's reference number: 700,814,1248].

It was reranked as Turricula (Leptosurcula) by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995).

It was assigned to Turricula by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Leptosurcula Casey
1995Turricula (Leptosurcula) Pacaud and Le Renard p. 168
2002Leptosurcula Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyClavatulidae(Gray 1853)
genusTurriculaSchumacher 1817
subgenusLeptosurcula(Casey 1904)

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. †Turricula (Leptosurcula) Casey 1904
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
height120.0

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:08:14
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:08:14
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Bartonian or 72.20000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Leptosurcula sp. (205541)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Texas) Leptosurcula sp. (84467)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.66 - 56.0USA (Texas) Leptosurcula sp. (84651)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Texas) Leptosurcula carinata (7789 83950)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) Leptosurcula beadata (90455 205421 205454 205496 205527 205532) Leptosurcula carinata (205520) Leptosurcula sp. (205436 205440)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Texas) Leptosurcula beadata (205271 205410 205461 205480 205481 205484 205485) Leptosurcula sp. (205267)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Leptosurcula sp. (205489)