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Turbinella valida

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae

Taxonomy
Turbinellus validus was named by Sowerby (1850). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Turbinella validus by Gabb (1873); it was corrected as Turbinella valida by Vokes (1964), Vokes (1998); it was recombined as Xancus validus by Maury (1917), Woodring (1964), Schmidt-Effing and Aguilar (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Turbinellus validus Sowerby p. 50
1873Turbinella validus Gabb p. 218
1917Xancus validus Maury p. 83 fig. 13:5
1964Turbinella valida Vokes p. 47
1964Xancus validus Woodring p. 286
1998Turbinella valida Vokes p. 21
2008Xancus validus Schmidt-Effing and Aguilar p. 119 fig. 2

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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
superfamilyTurbinelloidea
familyTurbinellidaeSwainson 1840
subfamilyTurbinellinaeSwainson 1840
genusTurbinellaLamarck 1799
speciesvalida(Sowerby 1850)

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.

†Turbinella valida Sowerby 1850
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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 08:23:42
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:23:42
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Tortonian or 23.04000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Panama Xancus validus (42603)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Dominican Republic Turbinella valida (93774 94143 131524 131527) Turbinella validus (74962)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Panama Xancus validus (49491 49493)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Dominican Republic Turbinella valida (131499 131500 131501 131502 131504) Turbinella validus (74958 74959)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Haiti Turbinella valida (92454)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Xancus validus (145254 145335)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Turbinella validus (82125) Xancus validus (93145 93147)