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Turritella (Turritella)

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Species lacking formal opinion data
Turritella acricula, Turritella acutangula, Turritella adela, Turritella agronomica, Turritella alabamensis, Turritella alcida, Turritella alcida, Turritella aldrichi, Turritella alitilira, Turritella alitilira, Turritella altilira, Turritella altilira, Turritella altilira, Turritella altilira, Turritella altilira, Turritella altilira, Turritella altilira, Turritella altilirata, Turritella altilirata, Turritella altilirata, Turritella altilirata, Turritella altiliroides, Turritella alturana, Turritella alumensis, Turritella alzolai, Turritella amaras, Turritella amaras, Turritella ambulacrum, Turritella ambulacrum, Turritella ameghinoi, Turritella ameghinoi, Turritella amekiensis, Turritella anactor, Turritella andreasi, Turritella anguillana, Turritella angulata, Turritella anstini, Turritella apicalis, Turritella apicalis, Turritella apicaulis, Turritella archimedis, Turritella archimedis, Turritella aspera, Turritella atacta, Turritella bacillum, Turritella badensis, Turritella badensis, Turritella baghosi, Turritella bakeri, Turritella bellifera, Turritella belviderensis, Turritella berjadinensis, Turritella berjadinensis, Turritella beyrichi, Turritella beyrichi, Turritella bicarinata, Turritella bicarinata, Turritella bifasciata, Turritella bifastigata, Turritella bifastigiata, Turritella bilara, Turritella bilboraensis, Turritella biplicata, Turritella bonei, Turritella bonei, Turritella boweni, Turritella boycensis, Turritella brankampi, Turritella breantania, Turritella breantiana, Turritella brevis, Turritella broggii, Turritella buchivacoana, Turritella burckhardti, Turritella burdeni, Turritella caecisutilis, Turritella caelatura, Turritella calax, Turritella callizona, Turritella capensis, Turritella carinata, Turritella carinata, Turritella carisaensis, Turritella carnifera, Turritella carninata, Turritella carota, Turritella carregozica, Turritella caseyi, Turritella cauredalitoensis, Turritella cauredalitoensis, Turritella cauredalitoensis, Turritella cazodoriana, Turritella chaneyi, Turritella chapelvillensis, Turritella charpentieri, Turritella chichibuensis, Turritella chipolana, Turritella chirena, Turritella cinculifera, Turritella circumcisa, Turritella circumdatum, Turritella claytonensis, Turritella clevlandica, Turritella cobbani, Turritella cochlias, Turritella codellana, Turritella coemansi, Turritella collazica, Turritella conguistadorana, Turritella conspicablis, Turritella cookei, Turritella cookei, Turritella cookei, Turritella cookei, Turritella copiosa, Turritella cortezi, Turritella costata, Turritella crocus, Turritella crossei, Turritella decipiens, Turritella delriensis, Turritella dertonensis, Turritella dertonensis, Turritella dertonensis, Turritella dertonensis, Turritella desertica, Turritella desmarestina, Turritella diastropha, Turritella difficilis, Turritella distincta, Turritella dobyensis, Turritella doeringi, Turritella dubisiensis, Turritella dupiniana, Turritella edita, Turritella eliciloides, Turritella elicita, Turritella elisabethae, Turritella encrinoidea, Turritella erosa, Turritella etiwanensis, Turritella eucosmeta, Turritella eucosmeta, Turritella eurynome, Turritella falconensis, Turritella fascialiis, Turritella faucignyana, Turritella femina, Turritella ferruginea, Turritella figueirasi, Turritella filcarmenensis, Turritella fileola, Turritella filiola, Turritella fischeri, Turritella flammulata, Turritella flechensis, Turritella floridana, Turritella forgemoli, Turritella forgemoli, Turritella forgemolli, Turritella fortilirata, Turritella gardnerae, Turritella gatunensis, Turritella gatunensis, Turritella gatunensis, Turritella gatunensis, Turritella gatunensis, Turritella gatunensis, Turritella gatunensis, Turritella gaweaveri, Turritella geinitzi, Turritella gemina, Turritella gersdorfensis, Turritella ghigna, Turritella gilbertharrisi, Turritella gilbertharrisi, Turritella gilberti, Turritella gladeensis, Turritella gonostoma, Turritella gradataeformis, Turritella gradataeformis, Turritella guanicensis, Turritella hagenoviana, Turritella hagenoviana, Turritella halaensis, Turritella hannonica, Turritella hardemanensis, Turritella hauthali, Turritella heberti, Turritella heimi, Turritella herminae, Turritella hilli, Turritella hodsoni, Turritella hoernesi, Turritella holmesi, Turritella horrisoni, Turritella hosworthi, Turritella houstonia, Turritella humerosa, Turritella importuna, Turritella inbricataria, Turritella inca, Turritella inconspicua, Turritella incrassata, Turritella indentata, Turritella inezana, Turritella infracarinata, Turritella infragranulata, Turritella infragranulata, Turritella infralirata, Turritella invariabilis, Turritella jaccardi, Turritella jenkensi, Turritella jenkinsi, Turritella jerseyensis, Turritella kadonosawensis, Turritella kalayensis, Turritella kauffmani, Turritella keaseyense, Turritella kerrensis, Turritella kiiensis, Turritella kincaidensis, Turritella knysnaensis, Turritella kotakai, Turritella kowiensis, Turritella laevissima, Turritella lawsoni, Turritella leonensis, Turritella lessepsi, Turritella leucostoma, Turritella levicunea, Turritella ligar, Turritella lineolta, Turritella lisbonensis, Turritella litharia, Turritella lorillardensis, Turritella machapoorensis, Turritella machapoorensis, Turritella maiquetana, Turritella malaspina, Turritella malaspina, Turritella manuanensis, Turritella marcosensis, Turritella mariana, Turritella marnochi, Turritella marshalltownensis, Turritella martinensis, Turritella maturacana, Turritella mauryae, Turritella mcbeanensis, Turritella mcnairyensis, Turritella mediosulcata, Turritella megalobasis, Turritella megalobasis, Turritella merchantvillensis, Turritella meta, Turritella meunieri, Turritella millepunctata, Turritella ministeri, Turritella mixta, Turritella molarium, Turritella monserratensis, Turritella montanitensis, Turritella moradi, Turritella mortomi, Turritella mortoni, Turritella multilinata, Turritella multilira, Turritella mundula, Turritella nana, Turritella nasuta, Turritella nazigae, Turritella nelsoni, Turritella nelsoni, Turritella neptuni, Turritella neusensis, Turritella newcombei, Turritella newcombei, Turritella novaesemljae, Turritella nysti, Turritella ola, Turritella opalina, Turritella opalina, Turritella oppenheimi, Turritella paraensis, Turritella paraensis, Turritella paravertebroides, Turritella partschi, Turritella partschi, Turritella partschi, Turritella patagonica, Turritella pedroana, Turritella pelusae, Turritella penderensis, Turritella peninsularis, Turritella peraubensis, Turritella perexilis, Turritella perrieri, Turritella perterebra, Turritella petschorae, Turritella pirabica, Turritella piramidesia, Turritella pithagoraica, Turritella plaigyrata, Turritella plana, Turritella plana, Turritella plebea, Turritella plebeia, Turritella plebeius, Turritella plebeua, Turritella pliorecens, Turritella pllanigyrata, Turritella plummeri, Turritella pointensis, Turritella polysticha, Turritella polytoeniata, Turritella poncensis, Turritella pontoni, Turritella pontoni, Turritella poronaiensis, Turritella postmortoni, Turritella potomacensis, Turritella praecincta, Turritella praenominata, Turritella praenuncia, Turritella prehumerosa, Turritella premimetes, Turritella premortoni, Turritella premortoni, Turritella prenuncia, Turritella prexellis, Turritella pseudobangongensis, Turritella pulchra, Turritella pyrula, Turritella pythagoraica, Turritella pythagoraica, Turritella pythagoraica, Turritella quadeicincta, Turritella quadricincta, Turritella reyi, Turritella rina, Turritella rina, Turritella rostrata, Turritella rubricollis, Turritella saffordi, Turritella saishuensis, Turritella saishuensis, Turritella saishuensis, Turritella sanjuanensis, Turritella saushuensis, Turritella saushuensis, Turritella saxorum, Turritella scalaria, Turritella semiatimgranulata, Turritella shuleri, Turritella soaresana, Turritella soaresana, Turritella spirata, Turritella spirata, Turritella spirata, Turritella striatellatus, Turritella striatellus, Turritella subacutangula, Turritella subangulata, Turritella subangulata, Turritella subangulata, Turritella subangulata, Turritella subannulata, Turritella subannulata, Turritella subannulata, Turritella subannulata, Turritella subanulata, Turritella subanulata, Turritella subarchimedis, Turritella submortoni, Turritella subponderosa, Turritella subvariabilis, Turritella sulcigyrata, Turritella suleifera, Turritella talarensis, Turritella talarensis, Turritella tampae, Turritella tana, Turritella tanaguraensis, Turritella tarponensis, Turritella tennesseensis, Turritella terebra, Turritella terebra, Turritella terebra, Turritella terebralis, Turritella terebralis, Turritella terebralis, Turritella tighilana, Turritella tigrina, Turritella tokunagai, Turritella trempina, Turritella tricarinata, Turritella tricarinata, Turritella trifumis, Turritella trifunis, Turritella trilara, Turritella trilira, Turritella trilira, Turritella triplicata, Turritella triplicata, Turritella triplicata, Turritella triplicata, Turritella triplicata, Turritella triplicata, Turritella triplicate, Turritella tristis, Turritella trisulcata, Turritella tuberculata, Turritella tuctepecensis, Turritella turbinae, Turritella turbona, Turritella turneri, Turritella turris, Turritella ungulina, Turritella uniangularis, Turritella uvasana, Turritella uvasana, Turritella uvasana, Turritella variabilis, Turritella varicosa, Turritella vaughani, Turritella venezuelana, Turritella venezuelana, Turritella venus, Turritella vermicularis, Turritella vermicularis, Turritella verneuilliana, Turritella vertebrlides, Turritella vertebroides jonesi, Turritella vertibroides, Turritella vicksburgensis, Turritella vinculata, Turritella vindobonensis, Turritella vistana, Turritella wagneriana, Turritella wagneriana, Turritella waltonensis, Turritella waltonensis, Turritella wasana, Turritella wasana, Turritella whitei, Turritella whitei, Turritella wiedenmayeri, Turritella woodi, Turritella woodi, Turritella yoshidai, Turritella zinboi, Turritella zuliana, Turritella zuliana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1799Turritella (Turritella) Lamarck
1948Turritella (Turritella) Gardner p. 195
1962Turritella (Turritella) Abbass p. 180
1974Turritella (Turritella) Shuto p. 142
1997Turritella (Turritella) Marquet p. 10
2002Turritella (Turritella) Harzhauser p. 76
2002Turritella (Turritella) Harzhauser et al.
2002Turritella (Turritella) van den Hoek Ostende et al. p. 18
2003Turritella (Turritella) Mandic and Steininger p. 270
2004Turritella (Turritella) Islamoglu p. 143

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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
genusTurritellaLamarck 1799
subgenusTurritellaLamarck 1799

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height1349.111.4129.648.431.8

Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: thing
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 18:26:02
Modified: 2018-03-05 01:51:38
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Calabrian or 100.50000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (95 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Turritella dibleyi (86964 86965 86966 86967) Turritella unicarinata (86968)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Turritella unicarinata (86969)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Turritella unicarinata (86970)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Poland Turritella hagenoviana (27822)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Bulgaria (Burgas) Turritella elisabethae (85445)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Peru (Tumbes) Turritella infracarinata (58999)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Peru Turritella infracarinata (66177 66178)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Ecuador (Guayas) Turritella infracarinata (61063 61064 61065)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Sao Tome and Principe Turritella tricarinata (241058)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Austria Turritella gradata (77625 77627 77628 77630) Turritella gradata, Turritella bellardii (77624 77629)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy Turritella bellardii (178110) Turritella tricarinata, Turritella bellardii (178108)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Peru Turritella infracarinata (76635)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Italy Turritella bellardii (178116)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Türkiye Turritella tricarinata (78548)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Peru Turritella infracarinata (66179 76597 80434 80435 80436 80438 80442 80497 113241)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Ecuador (Guayas) Turritella infracarinata (61081 61084 61085 61088 61092)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Indonesia Turritella bandongensis, Turritella producta, Turritella terebra (63040) Turritella bantamensis (70171 70175 70183 70185)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Indonesia (West Java) Turritella producta, Turritella terebra (179626)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Maryland) Turritella alticostata (55396)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Greece Turritella tricarinata (72305)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Denmark Turritella tricarinata (98312)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Greece Turritella tricarinata (72310)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia Turritella bandongensis (70077 70100)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Pakistan Turritella bandongensis, Turritella bantamensis (77154)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Peru Turritella infracarinata (80444)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Turritella tricarinata (207784)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Pakistan Turritella bandongensis (77138) Turritella bantamensis (77140)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Belgium Turritella tricarinata (76982 80674) Turritella tricarinata, Turritella tricarinata (76984)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia Turritella terebra (70088 70097)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58South Africa Turritella tricarinata (77527)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Guam Turritella sp. A (77937)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malaysia Turritella terebra (72096 72098)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Fiji Turritella sp. A (78063)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indonesia Turritella terebra (70084)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Philippines (Panay) Turritella terebra (41664)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Virginia) Turritella alticostata (61293 61295 78260 78261 78262 78264 78265 78266 78267 78268 78270 78271 78272 79245 79709)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy (Emilia-Romagna) Turritella tricarinata (178117)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Greece Turritella tricarinata (72414)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Belgium Turritella tricarinata (76983)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Italy Turritella tricarinata (178457 178779)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Taiwan Turritella terebra (96255)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (South Carolina) Turritella alticosta (92407)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Marshall Islands Turritella sp. B (43338)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Pakistan Turritella terebra (55401)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Turritella tricarinata (77008)