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Turritellopsis acicula

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Turritellopsis acicula was named by Sars (1878) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Indo-Pacific.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Turritella (Turritellopsis) acicula by Richards (1962).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Turritellopsis acicula Sars
1962Turritella (Turritellopsis) acicula Richards
2008Turritellopsis acicula Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyTurritellidaeLovén 1847
genusTurritellopsisSars 1878
speciesaciculaSars 1878

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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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Turritella acicula (66501)