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Turbonilla (Mormula)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae

Taxonomy
Mormula was named by Adams (1864) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Turbonilla (Mormula) by Aldrich (1911), Oldroyd (1925), Pilsbry and Olsson (1941).

It was assigned to Turbonilla by Aldrich (1911), Oldroyd (1925), Pilsbry and Olsson (1941); and to Heterostrophia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Mormula locuples, Turbonilla abrupta, Turbonilla acuta, Turbonilla adelaidensis, Turbonilla aersispira, Turbonilla approximata, Turbonilla aragoni, Turbonilla atlasi, Turbonilla aturenis, Turbonilla atypha, Turbonilla avitensis, Turbonilla awamoana, Turbonilla awasimulans, Turbonilla beatula, Turbonilla beyrichi, Turbonilla bidentata, Turbonilla biornata, Turbonilla borealis, Turbonilla carpenteri, Turbonilla cercadensis, Turbonilla clinensis, Turbonilla comitas, Turbonilla compta, Turbonilla cooki, Turbonilla costata, Turbonilla costellata, Turbonilla costellata, Turbonilla costellatoides, Turbonilla currongae, Turbonilla densecostata, Turbonilla diastomoides, Turbonilla dominicensis, Turbonilla edoensis, Turbonilla elegantissima, Turbonilla elongata, Turbonilla eopatagonica, Turbonilla erratica, Turbonilla facki, Turbonilla facki, Turbonilla falconensis, Turbonilla fasciata, Turbonilla gastaldi, Turbonilla gastaldi, Turbonilla hannoni, Turbonilla harrisi, Turbonilla houseri, Turbonilla internodnla, Turbonilla jeffreysi, Turbonilla junghuhni, Turbonilla karlschmidti, Turbonilla kendalli, Turbonilla koeneniana, Turbonilla komitica, Turbonilla kurodai, Turbonilla lactea, Turbonilla lancea, Turbonilla lanceae, Turbonilla laqueata, Turbonilla leafensis, Turbonilla liraecostata, Turbonilla mappingae, Turbonilla marella, Turbonilla mariae, Turbonilla mariae, Turbonilla meta, Turbonilla meta, Turbonilla meta, Turbonilla miocrassulata, Turbonilla miomutiniensis, Turbonilla mississippiensis, Turbonilla multicostata, Turbonilla nanniebellae, Turbonilla neglecta, Turbonilla nodosa, Turbonilla nodulifera, Turbonilla notata, Turbonilla oamarua, Turbonilla obliquata, Turbonilla obliqueatum, Turbonilla observationis, Turbonilla ogilvieae, Turbonilla olssoni, Turbonilla pallaryi, Turbonilla paralaminata, Turbonilla pellegrina, Turbonilla potomacensis, Turbonilla praelavigata, Turbonilla pseudocostellata, Turbonilla pseudocostellata, Turbonilla pseudoterebralis, Turbonilla ptycheulimella, Turbonilla pukeuriensis, Turbonilla pulchara, Turbonilla pupapicula, Turbonilla pusilla, Turbonilla pustulella, Turbonilla radicans, Turbonilla radicans, Turbonilla raphidiopsis, Turbonilla raymondi, Turbonilla reklawensis, Turbonilla riomaoensis, Turbonilla riosecana, Turbonilla rothi, Turbonilla rufa, Turbonilla rushi, Turbonilla sabina, Turbonilla samargana, Turbonilla scala, Turbonilla scala, Turbonilla scalaroides, Turbonilla separabilis, Turbonilla separata, Turbonilla similans, Turbonilla sindangbaranensis, Turbonilla spiculoides, Turbonilla spiculum, Turbonilla spiriculoides, Turbonilla splendida, Turbonilla subcylindrica, Turbonilla subfusca, Turbonilla tardiusculus, Turbonilla tenuiplicata, Turbonilla tenuis, Turbonilla textilis, Turbonilla thyne, Turbonilla tincta, Turbonilla torquata, Turbonilla turricula, Turbonilla turritelloides, Turbonilla turritissima, Turbonilla tuscahomensis, Turbonilla undulata, Turbonilla undulata, Turbonilla uruguayensis, Turbonilla uruguayensis, Turbonilla varicosa, Turbonilla vixcostata, Turbonilla widningae, Turbonilla woodburnei, Turbonilla wurongae, Turbonilla yaquensis, Turbonilla zesulcata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Mormula Adams
1911Turbonilla (Mormula) Aldrich p. 8
1925Turbonilla (Mormula) Oldroyd p. 14
1941Turbonilla (Mormula) Pilsbry and Olsson p. 8
2002Mormula Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuthyneura(Spengel 1881)
TectipleuraSchrödl et al. 2011
PanpulmonataJörger et al. 2010
superorderPylopulmonataTeasdale 2017
superfamilyPyramidelloidea(Gray 1840)
familyPyramidellidaeGray 1840
subfamilyTurbonillinaeBronn 1849
genusTurbonillaRisso 1826
subgenusMormula(Adams 1864)

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.

Subg. Turbonilla (Mormula) Adams 1864
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Mormula pentalopha Dall and Bartsch 1903
Turbonilla (Mormula) loripana Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Turbonilla (Mormula) regina Dall and Bartsch 1909
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 07:35:11
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:35:11
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Antarctica (Seymour Island) Turbonilla woodburnei (63547 63549)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Centre) Turbonilla lancea (178085)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Türkiye Turbonilla aturenis (78543)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand Mormula locuples (67897 67900)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Turbonilla sp. 3 (62885) Turbonilla sp. 3, Turbonilla sp. 4 (61903) Turbonilla sp. 3, Turbonilla sp. 5 (62892) Turbonilla sp. 4 (61896 61902 61905) Turbonilla sp. 5 (61904)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Indonesia Mormula sp. (70180)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium (Antwerp) Turbonilla kendalli (179597)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Ecuador (Manabi) Turbonilla loripana (51880)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Turbonilla pentalopha (222663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Mormula sp. (41715)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Turbonilla pentalopha (160361 219029) Turbonilla pentalopha, Turbonilla regina (59063 96566)