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Turbo (Turbo)

Gastropoda - Turbinidae

Taxonomy
Turbo (Turbo) was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. Its type is Turbo petholatus.

It was assigned to Turbo by Linnaeus (1758), Woodring (1928), Ladd (1966), Ladd (1982), Hendy (2007).

Subtaxa
Turbo (Turbo) petholatus
Species lacking formal opinion data
Turbo adonis, Turbo argyrostoma, Turbo asmodei, Turbo asterianus, Turbo belli, Turbo belli, Turbo blancheti, Turbo brasiliensis, Turbo brunneri, Turbo caboblanquensis, Turbo caraboboensis, Turbo cartieri, Turbo castaenus, Turbo castaneus, Turbo cenulatoides, Turbo chatillonensis, Turbo cidaris, Turbo cinereus, Turbo coquandi, Turbo cornutus, Turbo coronatus, Turbo coronatus, Turbo crenorugatus, Turbo crenulatus, Turbo crivelli, Turbo daedalus, Turbo davousti, Turbo deningeri, Turbo desvoidyi, Turbo dubisiensis, Turbo duerri, Turbo fleurierensis, Turbo floridensis, Turbo fluctuosa, Turbo fussulifer, Turbo gemmatus, Turbo gemmatus, Turbo germani, Turbo globatus, Turbo hosodai, Turbo inaequilineatus, Turbo jaccardi, Turbo langii, Turbo lindae, Turbo loclensis, Turbo macandrewi, Turbo magnificus, Turbo marensis, Turbo martinianus, Turbo mekamiensis, Turbo modestus, Turbo modestus, Turbo montanus, Turbo morloti, Turbo natalensis, Turbo nilssoni, Turbo ozalwai, Turbo parmotanensis, Turbo pauper, Turbo protocephoides, Turbo radiatus, Turbo reticularis, Turbo rhectogrammicus, Turbo rhectogrammicus, Turbo rhectogrammicus, Turbo rotundatus, Turbo rutteni, Turbo samaticus, Turbo sanctae-crucis, Turbo sanctaecrucis, Turbo sandwicensis, Turbo sanoi, Turbo solitarius, Turbo sondeianus, Turbo squamiger, Turbo thanus, Turbo thouvignoi, Turbo thurmanni, Turbo triboleti, Turbo tuberculatus, Turbo urgonensis, Turbo valangiensis, Turbo valdensis, Turbo villersensis, Turbo viridicallus, Turbo wellsi, Turbo yoshiharuyabei, Turbo zecus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Turbo (Turbo) Linnaeus
1928Turbo (Turbo) Woodring p. 408
1966Turbo (Turbo) Ladd p. 47
1982Turbo (Turbo) Ladd p. 27
2007Turbo (Turbo) 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
subgenusTurboLinnaeus 1758

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. Turbo (Turbo) Linnaeus 1758
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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, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.45000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Iran Turbo petholatus (191063)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Fiji Turbo petholatus (68292 68295)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Japan (Shizuoka) Turbo hosodai (176546)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Guam Turbo petholatus (77939)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Fiji Turbo petholatus (78060)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Fiji Turbo petholatus (68181)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Japan (Okinawa) Turbo petholatus (42291 42292 42293 42294)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indonesia (East Java) Turbo petholatus (96670)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Fiji Turbo petholatus (94832)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Japan (Okinawa) Turbo petholatus (42344 42345 42347 42348 42350 42351 42360 42361 42362 42363)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Sudan Turbo petholatus (101414)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Eritrea Turbo petholatus (101415 101417)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Guam Turbo petholatus (77934 77936)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Vanuatu Turbo petholatus (78042)
Calabrian - Middle Pleistocene1.8 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) Turbo petholatus (42297 42302 42305 42307)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) Turbo petholatus (42352 42355 42356)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vanuatu Turbo petholatus (78043)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Tonga Turbo petholatus (96436)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya Turbo petholatus (81072)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Turbo petholatus (192720)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Turbo petholatus (96787 96788)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Ryukyu) Turbo petholatus (41606)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Papua New Guinea (Morobe) Turbo petholatus (97437 97438)