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Turbo (Marmarostoma)

Gastropoda - Turbinidae

Taxonomy
Marmarostoma was named by Swainson (1829) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-m R Sepkoski's reference number: 1231]. It is extant.

It was corrected as Marmorostoma by MacNeil (1960); it was reranked as Turbo (Marmorostoma) by Weisbord (1962); it was reranked as Turbo (Mormorostoma) by Iqbal (1980); it was reranked as Turbo (Marmarostoma) by Vredenburg (1928), Woodring (1957), Ladd (1966), Olsson (1967), Todd (2001), Landau et al. (2008).

It was assigned to Turbininae by MacNeil (1960); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Turbo by Vredenburg (1928), Woodring (1957), Weisbord (1962), Ladd (1966), Olsson (1967), Iqbal (1980), Todd (2001), Landau et al. (2008).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Marmarostoma djunggranganensis, Marmarostoma gemmatus, Marmarostoma pamotanensis, Marmarostoma petholatus, Marmarostoma smithii, Marmarostoma sondeianum, Marmarostoma sondeianus, 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
Sister taxa
Marmorostoma (Batillus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Marmarostoma Swainson
1928Turbo (Marmarostoma) Vredenburg p. 404
1957Turbo (Marmarostoma) Woodring p. 64
1960Marmorostoma MacNeil p. 31
1962Turbo (Marmorostoma) Weisbord p. 87
1966Turbo (Marmarostoma) Ladd p. 48
1967Turbo (Marmarostoma) Olsson p. 43
1980Turbo (Mormorostoma) Iqbal p. 30
2001Turbo (Marmarostoma) Todd
2002Marmarostoma Sepkoski
2008Turbo (Marmarostoma) Landau et al. p. 455

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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
subgenusMarmarostoma(Swainson 1829)

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 (Marmarostoma) Swainson 1829
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Subg. Marmorostoma (Batillus) Schumacher 1817
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Turbo (Batillus) priscus Ozawa and Tomida 1996
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Invalid names: Turbo canaliculatus Reeve 1848 [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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Holocene or 100.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (121 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Marmorostoma sp. (94265)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Western Australia) Turbo sp. (63288 63305 63308 63312)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan Turbo mekamiensis (70064)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Indonesia Marmarostoma djunggranganensis (70086) Marmarostoma pamotanensis (70085) Marmarostoma petholatus (70081)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Japan (Shizuoka) Turbo yoshiharuyabei, Turbo sanoi (176546)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Fiji Turbo sp. A (78062)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia (Kalimantan) Turbo rutteni (42224)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia (Borneo) Turbo rutteni (42311)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Vanuatu Turbo perlatus (77902)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia Marmarostoma petholatus (70077) Marmarostoma smithii (70122)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Fiji Turbo sp. A (78060)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Japan Turbo priscus (161784)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) Marmarostoma sondeianum (45344)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Japan (Okinawa) Marmorostoma gemmata (42317) Marmorostoma gemmata, Marmorostoma cornuta (42318)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Tuvalu Turbo argyrostomus (78039 78040)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia Marmarostoma gemmatus (70123)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Guam Turbo argyrostomus, Turbo setosus (77937)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indonesia (East Java) Turbo sondeianus (96669) Turbo sondeianus, Turbo gemmatus (96671)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indonesia Marmarostoma petholatus, Marmarostoma sondeianus, Marmarostoma sp., Marmarostoma gemmatus (70084) Marmarostoma sondeianus, Marmarostoma gemmatus (70079)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Turbo lindae (79959)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela Turbo sp. (131210 131218)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Japan (Okinawa) Marmorostoma argyrostoma (42294) Marmorostoma cornuta (42295 42299)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Japan (Okinawa) Marmorostoma argyrostoma (42361 42362) Marmorostoma cornuta (42345 42347 42348 42351 42354 42363)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Turbo castaenus (79331 79336)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774New Zealand (Kermadec Islands) Turbo argyrostomus (85092 85097 85098)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Tuvalu Turbo setosus (78038)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Pakistan Turbo intercostalis (55403)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Guam Turbo chrysostomus (77936)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Eritrea Turbo radiatus (101415)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Sudan Turbo radiatus (101414)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Turbo radiatus (198579 198587)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Vanuatu Turbo chrysostomus (77905) Turbo chrysostomus, Turbo argyrostomus (78042)
Calabrian - Middle Pleistocene1.8 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) Marmorostoma argyrostoma, Marmorostoma cornuta (42305) Marmorostoma cornuta (42302)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (Western Australia) Turbo intercostalis (63354)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Turbo duerri (79740)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Pitcairn Turbo argyrostomus (85104)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Egypt Turbo radiatus (120129)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) Marmorostoma argyrostoma (42355 42356)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Marmorostoma intercostalium (89294 89302 89304 89308 89406) Marmorostoma intercostalium, Marmorostoma setosus (89307)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Turbo radiatus (192719 192720) Turbo radiatus, Turbo radiatus (107972)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya Turbo argyrostomus (81036 81072 81074 81075 81077 81078 81079 81081 81082 81089 81090 81100)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Northern Mariana Islands Turbo argyrostomus (77941)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Marmorostoma intercostalium (89289 89290 89311 89400 89402 89403 89404)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Turbo radiatus (96786 96787) Turbo viridicallus (96789)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Egypt Turbo radiatus (120128)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India (Gujarat) Turbo intercostalis (80600)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Turbo argyrostomus (63356) Turbo intercostalis (63355 63357 96708)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Ryukyu) Marmorostoma agyrostoma, Marmorostoma sp., Marmorostoma cornuta (41606)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Tonga Turbo argyrostomus (96436 96472 96473) Turbo argyrostomus, Turbo crassus (78075 96474)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Seychelles Turbo argyrostomus (80966 81006 81007 81008)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India (Kerala) Turbo intercostalis (107971)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Turbo canaliculatus (80408)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Marshall Islands Turbo argyrostomus (77974)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Western Australia) Turbo sp. (191983)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius Turbo setosus (96889)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Seychelles Turbo chrysostomus (96926)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Vanuatu Turbo radiatus (77907)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Papua New Guinea (Morobe) Turbo argyrostomus (97438)