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Torquesia (Ispharina)

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Ispharina was named by Vjalov and Solun (1963) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than T Eo-u].

It was reranked as Torquesia (Ispharina) by Marwick (1957) and Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); it was reranked as Turritella (Ispharina) by Gilbert (1962) and Abbass (1967).

It was assigned to Turritella by Gilbert (1962) and Abbass (1967); to Torquesia by Marwick (1957) and Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Torquesia (Ispharina) Marwick p. 155
1962Turritella (Ispharina) Gilbert p. 101
1963Ispharina Vjalov and Solun
1967Turritella (Ispharina) Abbass p. 18
1995Torquesia (Ispharina) Pacaud and Le Renard p. 157
2002Ispharina Sepkoski

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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
genusTorquesiaLamarck 1799
subgenusIspharina(Douvillé 1929)

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. †Torquesia (Ispharina) Vjalov and Solun 1963
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†Ispharina sulcifera Deshayes 1832
†Turritella (Ispharina) tarturensis Awad and Abed 1967
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: 2018-03-04 19:51:38
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Paleocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 66.00000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Egypt Turritella tarturensis (2953)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Ispharina sulcifera (3266 3267 3268)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Ispharina sulcifera (3257)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Ispharina terebellata (8125) Ispharina terebellata, Ispharina sulcifera (8124) Turritella sulcifera (8047 8048)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Egypt Turritella naimi (2955)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Nigeria Turritella sulcifera (51239 51240 51241 51242 51243 51244 51245 51246)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) Turritella sulcifera (3494)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France Turritella sulcifera (78567)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Turritella sulcifera (40523 40530)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy Turritella sulcifera (78565)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Libya Turritella sulcifera (42143)