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Tachyrhynchus erosus

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Turritella erosa was named by Couthouy (1838) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Greenland-Massachusetts.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Tachyrhynchus erosus by Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Turritella erosa Couthouy
2008Tachyrhynchus erosus 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
subfamilyTurritellinaeLovén 1847
genusTachyrhynchusMörch 1868
specieserosus(Couthouy 1838)

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.

Tachyrhynchus erosus Couthouy 1838
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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: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Alaska) Tachyrhynchus erosus (38006 38007)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Scotland) Turritella erosa (140361)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greenland Turritella erosa (227030)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Turritella erosa (66511)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Manitoba) Turritella erosa (66505)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Turritella erosa (66500)