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Turritoma ada

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia ada was named by Billings (1865). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Turritoma ada by Ulrich and Scofield (1897), Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Murchisonia ada Billings p. 346 fig. 333
1897Turritoma ada Ulrich and Scofield p. 959
2023Turritoma ada Wagner p. 2164

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyEotomariidaeWenz 1938
genusTurritoma
speciesada()

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.

Turritoma ada Billings 1865
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingsuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: detritivoresuperf
Vision: limitedsuperf
Created: 2009-06-06 07:25:03
Modified: 2009-06-06 09:25:03
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009, Wagner 2023
Collections
No collection or age range data are available