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Turritriton suroabditus

Gastropoda - Ranellidae

Taxonomy
Turritriton suroabditus was named by Stilwell and Zinsmeister (1992). Its type specimen is USNM 441709, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is IPS 10, Seymour Island, which is in a Bartonian coastal sandstone in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Turritriton suroabditus Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 116 figs. Pl 16, fig a

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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
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyRanellidaeGray 1854
subfamilyRanellinaeGray 1854
genusTurritritonDall 1904
speciessuroabditus

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.

†Turritriton suroabditus Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
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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 07:59:47
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:59:47
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
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