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Spirocolpus tophina

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Turritella tophina was named by Marwick (1926). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lorne, which is in a Kaiatan marine tuff in the Waiareka tuff Formation of New Zealand.

It was recombined as Spirocolpus tophina by Marwick (1929).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. imparicinctus, S. tophinus, S. waihaoensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Turritella tophina Marwick p. 313
1929Spirocolpus tophina Marwick p. 916

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyTurritellidaeLovén 1847
subfamilyTurritellinaeLovén 1847
genusSpirocolpusFinlay 1926
speciestophina()

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.

†Spirocolpus tophina Marwick 1926
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:15:58
Modified: 2018-02-27 07:57:42
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Kaiatan or 39.10000 to 36.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kaiatan39.1 - 36.7New Zealand (South Island) Turritella tophina (205813)