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Turritella uvasana infera

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Turritella uvasana infera was named by Merriam (1941). Its type specimen is UCMP 33993, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CSUN Loc. 452, near mouth of Las Llajas Canyon, Santa Susana Mountains, which is in a Lutetian coastal sandstone in the Llajas Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Turritella uvasana infera Merriam p. 90 figs. pl. 40, figs. 2- 4
1984Turritella uvasana infera Squires p. 18 figs. Figure 6i
1987Turritella uvasana infera Squires p. 27 fig. 25
1999Turritella uvasana infera Squires p. 17 figs. Figures 30, 31

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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
speciesuvasana
subspeciesinfera

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.

Turritella uvasana infera Merriam 1941
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: thing
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 18:26:02
Modified: 2018-03-04 19:51:38
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Turritella uvasana (36862 207306 207307 207308 207315 207325)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (California) Turritella uvasana (type locality: 200842)