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Turricula buwaldana

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae

Taxonomy
Drillia buwaldana was named by Anderson and Martin (1914). Its type specimen is CAS 223 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 68, north bank of Kern River, which is in a Miocene coastal horizon in the Temblor Formation of California.

It was recombined as Clathrodrillia buwaldana by Loel and Corey (1932); it was recombined as Turricula buwaldana by Keen (1943), Addicott (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Drillia buwaldana Anderson and Martin p. 92 figs. Plate 7, figures 3a, 3b, and 3c
1932Clathrodrillia buwaldana Loel and Corey p. 238 figs. Plate 46, figures 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b
1943Turricula buwaldana Keen p. 37
1970Turricula buwaldana Addicott p. 130 figs. Plate 18, figures 10, 11, 14, 18, 19; plate 19, figure 4

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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
speciesbuwaldana()

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.

Turricula buwaldana Anderson and Martin 1914
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Diagnosis
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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 Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Langhian or 23.04000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) Clathrodrillia buwaldana (238183) Drillia buwaldana (237357)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (California) Turricula buwaldana (206393)