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Turris altuscollus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Taxonomy
Turris altuscollus was named by Clark (1918). Its type specimen is UCMP 11232 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 1131, Walnut Creek, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Turris altuscollus Clark p. 189 figs. Plate 23, figure 1

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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)
familyTurridaeSwainson 1840
genusTurrisRöding 1798
speciesaltuscollus

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.

Turris altuscollus Clark 1918
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:09:25
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:09:25
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Oligocene or 28.40000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (California) Turris altuscollus (type locality: 122273)