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Torcula

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Torcula was named by Gray (1847) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m R Sepkoski's reference number: 914]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Turritella (Torcula) by Gardner (1943), Gardner (1947), Gardner (1948), Addicott (1970) and Ladd (1972).

It was assigned to Turritella by Gardner (1943), Gardner (1947), Gardner (1948), Addicott (1970) and Ladd (1972); to Turritellinae by Titova (1994) and Allmon (1996); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Turritellidae by Rosenberg (2005) and Rosenberg et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Torcula Gray p. 155
1943Turritella (Torcula) Gardner p. 198
1947Turritella (Torcula) Gardner p. 593
1948Turritella (Torcula) Gardner p. 198
1970Turritella (Torcula) Addicott p. 48
1972Turritella (Torcula) Ladd p. 18
1994Torcula Titova p. 321
1996Torcula Allmon p. 10
2002Torcula Sepkoski
2005Torcula Rosenberg
2006Torcula Rosenberg et al.

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

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.

G. Torcula Gray 1847
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Subg. †Torcula (Eurytorus) Gardner 1947
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Subg. Torcula (Torcula) Gray 1847
Torcula acropora Dall 1889
Torcula bayeri Petuch 2001
Torcula lindae Petuch 1987
†Turritella (Torcula) terstriata Rogers and Rogers 1837
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available