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Surcula merriami

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae

Taxonomy

Surcula merriami was named by Dickerson (1914). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Turricula merriami by Nelson (1925).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Clavatula javana, Clavatula javana, Pleurotoma libyca, Pleurotoma sucabumiana, S. avia, S. bardini, S. chinensis, S. crassicosta, S. destefanii, S. diademata, S. exorta, S. fissicosta, S. hauniensis, S. inarata, S. intermedia, S. johnstrupi, S. laevigata, S. lanceolata, S. macilenta, S. microdonta, S. miqueli, S. nasuta, S. nuervagranada, S. perlonga, S. rosenkrantzi, S. rostrata, S. rostrata, S. sismondiana, S. streptopleura, S. striatula, S. taltibia, S. textiliosa, S. torelli, S. terebralis, S. boeggildi, S. koeneni, S. camposi, Turricula drilliaeformis, Turricula everwyni, Turricula gembacana, Turricula hannonica, Turricula jogjacartensis, Turricula kelirensis, Turricula nanggulanensis, Turricula pamotanensis, Turricula plagiaria, Turricula plagioptyx, Turricula pollii, Turricula pulchra, Turricula reevei, Turricula rembangensis, Turricula samarangana, Turricula tallavignesii, Turricula waringinensis, Turris djiki

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1914	Surcula merriami Dickerson p. 148 figs. pl. 16, fig. 10
1925	Turricula merriami Nelson figs. (faunal checklist)

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Conoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Clavatulidae	(Gray 1853)
genus	Surcula	Schumacher 1817
species	merriami

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.

†Surcula merriami Dickerson 1914

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

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 Selandian to the top of the Thanetian or 61.66000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Paleocene	66.0 - 56.0	USA (California)	Surcula merriami (11117 190776 190777 190780 190786 190800)
Selandian	61.66 - 59.24	USA (California)	Surcula merriami (184016) Turricula merriami (239601)
Thanetian	59.24 - 56.0	USA (California)	Turricula merriami (239710)