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Turriscala

Gastropoda - Epitoniidae

Taxonomy
Turriscala was named by de Boury (1890) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Epitoniidae by MacNeil (1960) and Wienrich (2001); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Turriscala de Boury
1960Turriscala MacNeil p. 43
2001Turriscala Wienrich p. 460
2002Turriscala Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyEpitonioidea(Berry 1910)
familyEpitoniidaeBerry 1910
genusTurriscalade Boury 1890

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. Turriscala de Boury 1890
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Subg. †Turriscala (Kapua) Marwick 1931
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-02-05 23:13:43
Modified: 2011-09-22 17:20:39
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Beu et al. 1990, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Gelasian or 41.30000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) T. sp. (205489)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) T. finlayi (45041)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Netherlands T. rudis (87250)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Denmark (Jylland) T. rudis (9170)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Denmark T. rudis (111472 111475)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) T. straeleni (62883) T. torulosa (62882)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) T. straeleni (62899)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (Auckland) T. kaiparaensis (84915)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand T. n. sp. (67900)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Netherlands T. straeleni (186883 186884)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) T. straeleni (61895 61904 61907 62867)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Italy T. torulosa (178457)