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Propebela turrispira

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae

Taxonomy
Oenopota turrispira was named by Berry (1941). Its type specimen is Berry Coll. 10400, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hilltop Quarry (1930s-1950s) [Lomita Marl], which is in a Pleistocene offshore marl in the Lomita Marl Formation of California.

It was recombined as Propebela turrispira by Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. yokoyamai

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Oenopota turrispira Berry p. 5 figs. pl. 1, fig. 1
2021Propebela turrispira Hendy

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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)
familyMangeliidae(Fischer 1884)
genusPropebelaIredale 1918
speciesturrispira()

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.

†Propebela turrispira Berry 1941
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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: Middle Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Oenopota turrispira (203113 type locality: 203118)