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Turbo (Lunella)

Gastropoda - Turbinidae

Taxonomy
Lunella was named as a genus. It is extant.

It was reranked as Turbo (Lunella) by Hendy (2007), Hendy (2007).

It was assigned to Turbinidae by Short and Potter (1987); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Turbo by Hendy (2007), Hendy (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Lunella Short and Potter p. 14
2002Lunella Sepkoski
2007Turbo (Lunella) Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurbinidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyTurbininaeRafinesque 1815
genusTurboLinnaeus 1758
subgenusLunella

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.

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Lunella cinerea Born 1778
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Invalid names: Turbo mespilus Gmelin 1791 [synonym], Turbo porcatus Reeve 1848 [synonym], Turbo porphyrites Gmelin 1791 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: intermediateg
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: minorg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 10:38:22
Modified: 2009-03-16 12:38:22
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Abbott and Dance 1986, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 48.07000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Indonesia Turbo cinereus (70102)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Japan Lunella miyarensis (41588)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Japan Lunella miyarensis (179914)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Japan Lunella kurodai (44959)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan Lunella kurodai (77742)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia Turbo cinereus (70098)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Japan Lunella sp. (96675)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indonesia Turbo cinereus (70084)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Lunella granulata (97961)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Lunella coronata (201412)