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Turritella (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Turritella was named by Lamarck (1799) [Sepkoski's age data: K Apti R Sepkoski's reference number: 157]. It is extant. Its type is Turbo terebra.

It was assigned to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); to Turritellinae by Dockery (1993), Wilson (1993), Titova (1994), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995), Allmon (1996), Marquet (1997), van den Hoek Ostende et al. (2002), Stilwell et al. (2004), Bouchet et al. (2005), Harzhauser (2007) and Landau and Marques da Silva (2010); and to Turritellidae by Stanton (1895), Martin (1904), Woods (1922), Bohm (1926), Nagao (1928), Nagao (1928), Woodring (1928), Olsson (1931), Oostingh (1935), Popenoe (1937), Turner (1938), Mukerjee (1939), Gardner (1943), Durham (1944), Gardner (1947), Harris and Palmer (1947), Gardner (1948), Allison (1955), Rivera (1957), Woodring (1959), MacNeil (1960), Abbass (1962), Weisbord (1962), Abbass (1967), Olsson (1967), Scott (1970), Addicott (1970), Jung (1971), Ladd (1972), Perrilliat (1972), Iqbal (1973), Shuto (1974), Moore (1976), Hickman (1980), Zinsmeister (1983), Gliozzi and Malatesta (1983), Kase (1984), Squires (1984), Kensley and Pether (1986), Perrilliat (1987), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Squires (1987), Squires (1988), Ward (1992), Squires and Demetrion (1992), Frassinetti and Covacevich (1999), Todd (2001), Harzhauser and Mandic (2001), Wienrich (2001), Harzhauser (2002), Vera-Peláez et al. (2004), Harzhauser (2004), Devries (2019) and Moneer et al. (2024).

Species
T. (Bactrospira), T. (Bowlesia), T. (Broderiptella), T. (Eichwaldiella), T. (Kurosioia), T. (Peyrotia), T. (Sohlitella), T. (Tomyris), T. (Torquesia), T. (Turritella), T. (Zaria), T. abbatis, T. abrupta (syn. T. supraconcava, T. trinitaria, T. charana, T. fredeai), T. adabionensis, T. admirabilis, T. aegyptiaca, T. aequistriata, T. affinis, T. ageri, T. aguilerae, T. alpis, T. alternans, T. altilirata, T. ambulacrum, T. anceps, T. andersoni, T. annectens, T. antigona, T. apita, T. arduissima, T. arethusa, T. arsenei (syn. T. acuta, T. kamyschinensis), T. assimilis, T. attenuata, T. auricincta, T. beaufortensis, T. belviderei, T. berjadinensis, T. bernardi, T. bhagothorensis, T. bicarinata, T. bicingulata, T. bosworthi, T. boughtoni, T. bowenae, T. bramkampi, T. brunnhilda, T. buckinghamensis, T. bucklandii, T. budaensis, T. bunkerhillensis, T. buwaldana (syn. T. kewi), T. cahuillensis, T. caleta, T. canaliculata, T. candida, T. caparonis, T. capistrata, T. carezi, T. caribaea, T. carlottae, T. carrisaensis, T. cazadoriana, T. ceibana, T. chaneyi (syn. Nerinea robertiana), T. chicoensis, T. chinhauaninae, T. chira, T. clathratula, T. clevelandia, T. cocoditana, T. columnaris, T. communis, T. conquistadorana, T. conspera, T. cooperi (syn. T. jewettii), T. coreyi, T. cornuatus, T. creola, T. crocea, T. cruzadoi, T. cumberlandia, T. curamichatensis, T. dalli, T. daviesi, T. dickersoni, T. diversilineata, T. douvillei, T. durhami, T. dutexata, T. encina, T. exaltata, T. excavata, T. fica, T. filicincta, T. forresti, T. freya, T. fuerta, T. fultoni, T. gabrielensis, T. galvesia, T. gatunensis, T. gemmulifera, T. gilbertharrisi, T. goldfusii, T. gonisotoma, T. gonostoma (syn. T. punctata), T. gothica, T. granti, T. guppyi, T. halensis, T. hallii, T. hamiltonensis, T. hannai, T. harborti, T. harrisoni, T. hearni (syn. T. tolenasensis), T. heberti, T. herberti, T. hollandi, T. hookeri, T. hopkinsi, T. hubbardi, T. humerosa, T. hybrida, T. iddingsi, T. illesca, T. illustris, T. imperialis, T. inca, T. indenta, T. inezana, T. infraconstricta, T. infragranulata, T. infralineata, T. inframarginata, T. iota, T. jacksonensis, T. kachhensis, T. kaiseri, T. kamerunensis, T. kansasensis, T. karatsuensis, T. kayalensis, T. keaseyensis, T. kernensis, T. keswickensis, T. kimberi, T. lagunillasensis, T. lahirii, T. larensis, T. laubei, T. leptomita, T. lindae, T. lineolata, T. lissoni, T. listrota, T. lloydsmithi, T. lornensis, T. machapoorensis, T. maputi, T. margaritana, T. marianopsis, T. masinguiensis, T. matarucana, T. mauryana, T. medioconcava, T. meganosensis, T. melanoides, T. merenskyi, T. meroensis, T. merriami, T. miikensis, T. mississippiensis, T. monilifera, T. monilifera, T. monroensis, T. montereyana, T. montserratensis, T. moodyi, T. narica, T. nasuta, T. negritosensis, T. nelsoni, T. nerinexa, T. nipponica, T. nodosa, T. nodulosa, T. noetlingi, T. obruta, T. ochlockoneensis, T. ocoyana (syn. T. wittichi, T. bosei), T. okadai, T. olssoni, T. olympicensis, T. opalina, T. opalina, T. oregonensis, T. oreodoxa, T. ossa, T. pachecoensis (syn. T. saffordii, T. simiensis), T. packardi, T. paedopsis, T. pagodaeformis, T. pagodula, T. paraguanensis, T. pasada, T. pedroensis, T. peninsularis, T. perdita, T. perduensis, T. perforata, T. petersoni, T. pilsbryi, T. pinfoldi, T. pittsburgensis, T. planispira, T. polonica, T. polynominata (syn. T. conica), T. pondicherriensis, T. portaroi, T. porterensis, T. praelonga, T. prenuncia, T. pseudobandongensis, T. pseudohauthalli, T. pseudotethis, T. puncticulata, T. quadrangulonodosa, T. quadrilira, T. rakhiensis, T. reevei, T. reversa, T. riverae, T. robusta, T. robusta, T. rotundata, T. rustica, T. sakitoensis, T. salasi, T. salchica, T. saltoensis, T. samanensis, T. sanguinea, T. saposa, T. scalata, T. schencki, T. scrippsensis, T. secta, T. segmenta, T. seriatimgranulata, T. sexlineata, T. shataii, T. sherborni, T. socordia, T. soldadensis, T. soriensis, T. sowerbii, T. steiningeri, T. stephanensis, T. stocki, T. stoppanii, T. subcanaliculata, T. subcarinata, T. subgrundifera, T. subtilestriata, T. subtilis, T. subuvasana, T. subvariabilis, T. susanaensis, T. tampae, T. taurinensis, T. tejonensis, T. temblorensis, T. terebellata, T. terebralis, T. terebriformis, T. tippana, T. tipperi, T. tornata, T. torulosa, T. totiumsanctorum, T. tricincta, T. tricostata, T. trilineata, T. trilira, T. trilix, T. turbinata, T. turris, T. tuxtepecensis, T. uvasana, T. vaderensis, T. vanvlecki, T. variata, T. varicosta, T. venezuelana, T. ventricosa, T. vertebroides, T. vientoensis, T. vistana, T. vitulata, T. washingtoniana, T. wheatlandensis, T. woodsi, T. xylina, T. yucatecana
Species lacking formal opinion data
T. adela, T. agronomica, T. alcida, T. altiliroides, T. ameghinoi, T. anguillana, T. bilara, T. bilboraensis, T. biplicata, T. boycensis, T. brankampi, T. callizona, T. capensis, T. carninata, T. caseyi, T. chalybeatensis, T. chichibuensis, T. chirena, T. claytonensis, T. cobbani, T. codellana, T. collazica, T. conspicablis, T. crocus, T. diastropha, T. difficilis, T. distincta, T. falconensis, T. fascialiis, T. femina, T. fischeri, T. forgemoli, T. gardnerae, T. hilli, T. jenkinsi, T. kauffmani, T. knysnaensis, T. kowiensis, T. laevissima, T. leonensis, T. lineolta, T. litharia, T. malaspina, T. malaspina, T. mcnairyensis, T. megalobasis, T. meunieri, T. millepunctata, T. ministeri, T. molarium, T. monserratensis, T. multilinata, T. mundula, T. neusensis, T. novaesemljae, T. paraensis, T. pedroana, T. pelusae, T. perrieri, T. pirabica, T. pliorecens, T. pllanigyrata, T. pontoni, T. poronaiensis, T. premimetes, T. premortoni, T. rostrata, T. rubricollis, T. soaresana, T. soaresana, T. submortoni, T. tanaguraensis, T. trilara, T. triplicata, T. turneri, T. wagneriana, T. waltonensis, T. wasana, T. webbi, T. wiedenmayeri

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1799Turritella Lamarck
1895Turritella Stanton p. 69
1904Turritella Martin p. 233
1922Turritella Woods p. 78
1925Turritella susanaensis Nelson p. 423 figs. pl. 56, figs. 1, 2
1926Turritella Bohm p. 64
1928Turritella Nagao p. 99
1928Turritella Woodring p. 347
1931Turritella Olsson p. 74
1935Turritella Oostingh p. 5
1937Turritella Popenoe p. 400
1938Turritella Turner p. 83
1939Turritella Mukerjee p. 44
1941Turritella susanaensis Merriam pp. 73 - 74 figs. Plate 41, figures 4, 10
1943Turritella Gardner p. 195
1944Turritella Durham p. 162
1947Turritella Gardner p. 590
1947Turritella Harris and Palmer p. 279
1948Turritella Gardner p. 195
1955Turritella Allison p. 415
1957Turritella Rivera p. 174
1959Turritella Woodring p. 160
1960Turritella MacNeil p. 36
1962Turritella Abbass p. 180
1962Turritella Weisbord p. 144
1967Turritella Abbass p. 18
1967Turritella Olsson p. 37
1970Turritella Addicott p. 46
1970Turritella Scott p. 80
1971Turritella Jung p. 176
1972Turritella Ladd p. 14
1972Turritella Perrilliat p. 38
1973Turritella Iqbal p. 25
1974Turritella Shuto p. 142
1976Turritella Moore p. 29
1980Turritella Hickman p. 23
1983Turritella Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 99
1983Turritella Zinsmeister p. 1289
1984Turritella Kase p. 123
1984Turritella Squires p. 17
1986Turritella Kensley and Pether p. 161
1987Turritella Perrilliat p. 11
1987Turritella Squires p. 24
1987Turritella Ward and Blackwelder p. 131
1988Turritella Squires p. 10
1992Turritella Squires and Demetrion p. 26
1992Turritella Ward p. 115
1993Turritella Dockery p. 48
1993Turritella Wilson p. 140
1994Turritella Titova p. 321
1995Turritella Pacaud and Le Renard p. 157
1996Turritella Allmon p. 10
1997Turritella Marquet p. 10
1999Turritella Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 45
2001Turritella Harzhauser and Mandic p. 693
2001Turritella Todd
2001Turritella Wienrich p. 412
2002Turritella Harzhauser p. 76
2002Turritella Sepkoski
2002Turritella van den Hoek Ostende et al. p. 18
2004Turritella Harzhauser p. 124
2004Turritella Stilwell et al. p. 28
2004Turritella Vera-Peláez et al. p. 257
2005Turritella Bouchet et al. pp. 179, 249
2007Turritella Harzhauser p. 96
2010Turritella Landau and Marques da Silva p. 18
2019Turritella Devries p. 36
2024Turritella Moneer 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
genusTurritellaLamarck 1799

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. Turritella Lamarck 1799 [turret shell]
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Subg. †Turritella (Bowlesia) Etayo-Serna 1979
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†Turritella (Bowlesia) pecki Etayo-Serna 1979
Subg. †Turritella (Broderiptella) Olsson 1964
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Invalid names: Turritella bifastigata maracaibensis Hodson 1926 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Turritella willistoni Hodson 1926 [synonym]
†Turritella (Broderiptella) mimetes Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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Invalid names: Turbo imbricatus Linnaeus 1758 [synonym]
Invalid names: Turritella bifastigata democraciana Hodson 1926 [synonym]
Subg. †Turritella (Eichwaldiella) Friedberg 1933
Subg. Turritella (Kurosioia) Ida 1952
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Invalid names: Torcula parva Angas 1877 [synonym], Turritella bicolor Adams and Reeve 1850 [synonym], Turritella fascialis Menke 1830 [synonym], Turritella fragilis Kiener 1873 [synonym], Turritella fuscotincta Petit 1853 [synonym], Turritella gracillima Gould 1861 [synonym], Turritella tricarinata King 1832 [synonym]
Subg. †Turritella (Sohlitella) Etayo-Serna 1979
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†Turritella (Sohlitella) llinasi Etayo-Serna 1979
Subg. †Turritella (Tomyris) Michailovski 1912
Subg. Turritella (Zaria) Gray 1847
†Turritella abbatis Kittl 1892
†Turritella abrupta Spieker 1922
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Invalid names: Turritella charana Spieker 1922 [synonym], Turritella fredeai Hodson 1926 [synonym], Turritella supraconcava Hanna and Israelsky 1925 [synonym], Turritella trinitaria Maury 1925 [synonym]
†Turritella adabionensis Oppenheim 1915
†Turritella aegyptiaca Mayer-Eymar 1895
†Turritella aequistriata Conrad 1863
†Turritella affinis Muller 1849
†Turritella ageri Abbass 1962
†Turritella aguilerae Bose 1906
†Turritella alpis Winckler 1861
†Turritella alternans Roemer 1841
†Turritella altilirata Grzybowski 1899
†Turritella ambulacrum Sowerby 1846
†Turritella anceps Woods 1922
†Turritella annectens Woods 1922
†Turritella antigona Maury 1930
†Turritella apita de Gregorio 1890
†Turritella arduissima Riedel 1933
†Turritella arethusa Maury 1930
†Turritella arsenei Briart and Cornet 1873
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Invalid names: Turritella acuta Briart and Cornet 1873 [synonym], Turritella kamyschinensis Netschaew 1897 [synonym]
†Turritella assimilis Sowerby 1840
Turritella auricincta von Martens 1882
†Turritella beaufortensis Ward and Blackwelder 1987
†Turritella belviderei Cragin 1897
†Turritella berjadinensis Hodson 1926
†Turritella bernardi Kittl 1894
†Turritella bhagothorensis Vredenburg 1928
†Turritella bicarinata Elchwald 1830
†Turritella bosworthi Woods 1922
†Turritella boughtoni Olsson 1928
†Turritella bowenae Mansfield 1937
†Turritella bramkampi Merriam and Turner 1937
†Turritella brunnhilda Maury 1930
†Turritella buckinghamensis Mansfield 1939
†Turritella bucklandii Klipstein 1843
†Turritella budaensis Shattuck 1903
†Turritella bunkerhillensis Harris and Palmer 1947
†Turritella buwaldana Dickerson 1916
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†Turritella buwaldana crooki Merriam and Turner 1937
Invalid names: Turritella kewi Dickerson 1916 [synonym]
†Turritella cahuillensis Ihering 1907
†Turritella caleta Olsson 1931
Turritella canaliculata Adams and Reeve 1850
Turritella candida Reeve 1849
†Turritella caparonis Maury 1925
†Turritella capistrata Devries 2019
†Turritella carezi Fallot 1885
Turritella caribaea d'Orbigny 1842
†Turritella carrisaensis Anderson and Martin 1914
†Turritella cazadoriana Wilckens 1907
†Turritella ceibana Cooke 1928
†Turritella chaneyi Merriam 1941
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Invalid names: Nerinea robertiana Anderson 1958 [synonym]
†Turritella chinhauaninae Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983
†Turritella chira Olsson 1928
†Turritella clevelandia Harris 1894
†Turritella cocoditana Hodson 1926
†Turritella conquistadorana Hanna and Israelsky 1925
Turritella conspera Adams and Reeve 1850
Turritella cooperi Carpenter 1864
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†Turritella cooperi nova Nomland 1916
Invalid names: Turritella jewettii Carpenter 1866 [synonym]
†Turritella coreyi Merriam 1941
†Turritella cornuatus Zinsmeister 1983
†Turritella creola Harris and Palmer 1947
Turritella crocea Kiener 1844
†Turritella cruzadoi DeVries 2007
†Turritella cumberlandia Conrad 1863
†Turritella dalli Gardner 1947
†Turritella daviesi Cox 1930
†Turritella dickersoni Woods 1922
†Turritella diversilineata Merriam 1897
†Turritella douvillei Woods 1922
†Turritella durhami Allison 1955
†Turritella dutexata Harris 1895
†Turritella encina Squires and Saul 2006
†Turritella exaltata Conrad 1841
Turritella excavata Sowerby 1890
†Turritella fica Olsson 1932
†Turritella filicincta Spieker 1922
†Turritella forresti Brown 1913
†Turritella freya Nomland 1917
†Turritella fuerta Kellum 1926
Turritella fultoni Melvill 1901
†Turritella gabrielensis Clark and Durham 1946
†Turritella galvesia Olsson 1931
†Turritella gatunensis Conrad 1857
†Turritella gemmulifera von Koenen 1897
†Turritella goldfusii Klipstein 1843
†Turritella gonisotoma Valenciennes 1833
Turritella gonostoma Valenciennes 1832
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Invalid names: Turritella punctata Kiener 1843 [synonym]
†Turritella gothica Grzybowski 1899
†Turritella granti Valentine and Susuki 1959
†Turritella guppyi Cossmann 1909
†Turritella halensis Dall 1916
†Turritella hallii Tate 1900
†Turritella hannai Nelson 1925
†Turritella harborti Riedel 1933
†Turritella hearni Merriam 1941
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Invalid names: Turritella tolenasensis Merriam 1941 [synonym]
†Turritella heberti d'Archiac and Haime 1854
†Turritella herberti d'Archiac and Haime 1853
†Turritella hollandi Cossmann and Pissarro 1909
Turritella hookeri Reeve 1849
†Turritella hopkinsi Olsson 1928
†Turritella hubbardi Hodson 1926
†Turritella humerosa Conrad 1835
†Turritella hybrida Deshayes 1832
†Turritella iddingsi Olsson 1928
†Turritella illesca Olsson 1932
Turritella illustris Melvill 1904
†Turritella imperialis Hanna 1926
†Turritella inca Grzybowski 1899
†Turritella indenta Conrad 1841
†Turritella inezana Conrad 1857
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†Turritella inezana bicarina Loel and Corey 1932
†Turritella inezana santana Loel and Corey 1932
†Turritella inezana altacorona Loel and Corey 1932
†Turritella iota Popenoe 1937
†Turritella kachhensis Vredenburg 1928
†Turritella kaiseri Bohm 1926
†Turritella kamerunensis von Koenen 1897
†Turritella keaseyensis Hickman 1980
†Turritella kernensis Addicott 1970
†Turritella keswickensis Olsson 1928
Turritella kimberi Verco 1908
†Turritella lahirii Cox 1930
†Turritella larensis Hodson 1926
†Turritella laubei Favre 1869
Turritella leptomita Melvill and Sykes 1897
Turritella lindae Petuch 1987
†Turritella lineolata Roemer 1841
†Turritella lissoni Woods 1922
†Turritella listrota Woodring 1959
†Turritella lloydsmithi Pilsbry and Brown 1917
†Turritella lornensis Marwick 1926
†Turritella maputi Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983
†Turritella margaritana Nomland 1917
†Turritella masinguiensis Clark and Durham 1946
†Turritella matarucana Hodson 1926
†Turritella mauryana Newton 1922
†Turritella medioconcava Oppenheim 1908
†Turritella meganosensis Clark and Woodford 1927
†Turritella meganosensis protumescens Merriam and Turner 1937
†Turritella melanoides Lamarck 1804
†Turritella merenskyi Bohm 1926
†Turritella meroensis Olsson 1931
†Turritella merriami Dickerson 1913
†Turritella merriami brevitabulata Merriam and Turner 1937
†Turritella miikensis Nagao 1928
†Turritella monilifera Forbes 1846
Turritella monilifera Adams and Reeve 1850
†Turritella monroensis Mansfield 1940
†Turritella montereyana Wiedey 1928
†Turritella montserratensis Mansfield 1925
†Turritella moodyi Applin 1920
†Turritella narica Vredenburg 1928
†Turritella nelsoni Spieker 1922
†Turritella nerinexa Harris 1895
†Turritella nipponica Yokohama 1927
†Turritella nodosa Roemer 1841
†Turritella noetlingi Vredenburg 1921
†Turritella obruta Conrad 1833
†Turritella ochlockoneensis Mansfield 1930
†Turritella ocoyana Conrad 1855
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Invalid names: Turritella bosei Hertlein and Jordan 1927 [synonym], Turritella wittichi Hertlein and Jordan 1927 [synonym]
†Turritella okadai Nagao 1928
†Turritella olssoni Clark and Durham 1946
†Turritella olympicensis Durham 1944
Turritella opalina Adam and Reeve 1850
†Turritella opalina Quenstedt 1852
†Turritella oregonensis Conrad 1849
†Turritella oreodoxa Olsson 1922
†Turritella ossa Popenoe 1937
†Turritella pachecoensis Stanton 1896
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Invalid names: Turritella saffordii Gabb 1860 [synonym], Turritella simiensis Waring 1917 [synonym]
†Turritella packardi Merriam 1941
†Turritella paedopsis Kittl 1892
†Turritella pagodaeformis Heilprin 1887
†Turritella pagodula Tate 1893
†Turritella pasada Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
†Turritella pedroensis Applin 1920
†Turritella peninsularis Anderson and Hanna 1935
†Turritella perdita Conrad 1865
†Turritella perduensis Mansfield 1940
†Turritella perforata Lamarck 1804
†Turritella petersoni Merriam 1941
†Turritella pilsbryi Gardner 1928
†Turritella pinfoldi Vredenburg 1921
†Turritella planispira Wood 1842
†Turritella polonica Schröder 1995
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Invalid names: Turritella conica Weaver 1905 [replaced]
†Turritella portaroi Lisson 1925
†Turritella porterensis Weaver 1912
†Turritella praelonga Hislop 1859
†Turritella prenuncia Spieker 1922
†Turritella pseudobandongensis Vredenburg 1928
†Turritella pseudohauthalli Rossi de Garcia and Levy 1977
†Turritella pseudotethis Vredenburg 1928
†Turritella quadrangulonodosa Klipstein 1843
†Turritella quadrilira Johnson 1898
†Turritella rakhiensis Eames 1952
Turritella reevei Dautzenberg and Fischer 1906
†Turritella reversa Waring 1917
†Turritella riverae DeVries 2007
†Turritella robusta Gabb 1864
†Turritella robusta Grzybowski 1899
†Turritella rotundata Grzybowski 1899
†Turritella rustica Uliana and Camacho 1975
†Turritella sakitoensis Nagao 1928
†Turritella salasi DeVries 2007
†Turritella salchica Olsson 1931
†Turritella salchica hondoensis Clark and Durham 1946
†Turritella saltoensis Clark and Durham 1946
†Turritella samanensis Olsson 1928
†Turritella saposa Olsson 1944
†Turritella scalata Goldfuss 1849
†Turritella schencki Merriam 1941
†Turritella secta Conrad 1855
†Turritella segmenta Gardner 1947
†Turritella sexlineata Roemer 1841
†Turritella shataii Nomura 1935
†Turritella sherborni Abbass 1962
†Turritella socordia Hanna 1924
†Turritella soldadensis Maury 1912
†Turritella soriensis Eames 1952
†Turritella sowerbii Forbes 1846
†Turritella steiningeri Harzhauser 2007
†Turritella stephanensis Cossmann and Peyrot 1921
†Turritella stocki Merriam 1941
†Turritella stoppanii Winckler 1861
†Turritella subcanaliculata Klipstein 1843
†Turritella subcarinata Lamarck 1804
†Turritella subtilis Kellum 1926
†Turritella subuvasana Nelson 1925
†Turritella tampae Heilprin 1887
†Turritella taurinensis Michelotti 1847
†Turritella tejonensis Merriam 1941
†Turritella temblorensis Wiedey 1928
†Turritella terebellata Lamarck 1804
†Turritella terebriformis Conrad 1863
†Turritella tippana Conrad 1858
†Turritella tipperi Vredenburg 1928
†Turritella tornata Brocchi 1814
Turritella torulosa Kiener 1843
†Turritella tricincta Münster 1841
†Turritella tricostata Münster 1841
†Turritella trilineata Smith 1817
†Turritella trilira Conrad 1860
†Turritella trilix Böhm 1891
†Turritella turbinata Sowerby 1850
†Turritella turris Basterot 1825
†Turritella uvasana Conrad 1855
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†Turritella uvasana aedificata Clark and Durham 1946
†Turritella uvasana infera Merriam 1941
†Turritella uvasana olequahensis Weaver and Palmer 1922
†Turritella uvasana sargeanti Anderson and Hanna 1925
†Turritella vaderensis Merriam 1941
†Turritella vaderensis kincaidi Weaver and Palmer 1922
†Turritella vanvlecki Arnold 1909
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†Turritella variata Conrad 1857
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†Turritella variata lorenzana Wagner and Schilling 1923
†Turritella varicosta Spieker 1922
†Turritella venezuelana Hodson 1926
†Turritella ventricosa Forbes 1846
†Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834
†Turritella vientoensis Clark and Durham 1946
†Turritella vistana Hodson 1927
Turritella vitulata Adams and Reeve 1850
†Turritella washingtoniana Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922
†Turritella wheatlandensis Clark and Anderson 1938
†Turritella woodsi Lisson 1925
†Turritella xylina Squires and Saul 2006
Invalid names: Turritella susanaensis Nelson 1925 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. P. Woodring 1928Small slender, many-whorled, spire-high, whorls more or less bulging or flat. Aperture broadly ovate. Outer lop of type species flexed backward near suture, then extending backward and more gently forward, forming a broad shallow assymetric sinus. Other species have lips of different shape. Sculpture of type species consisting of heavy spiral threads between which lie very fine spiral threads. Some species have beaded spiral cords
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height5717.12.00129.622.025.2

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
Comments: DIMENSIONS & MORPHOLOGY: Based on ten randomly selected figured species.g
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Triassic to the top of the Holocene or 247.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 237.0 Ma

Collections (3929 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Turbonilla scalata (201970)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Hungary (Bakony) Turritella bernardi, Turritella subtilestriata (203210) Turritella sp. (203270)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Indonesia (Timor) Turritella sp. (205320)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Germany Turritella stoppanii, Turritella alpis (202142)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4USA (Alaska) Turritella sp. (112238 112239 112240)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Turritella paedopsis, Turritella abbatis (144631) Turritella subtilestriata (144632) Turritella tricincta, Turritella tricostata (137429)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56USA (Alaska) Turritella sp. (112237)
Angulata201.3 - 196.5Luxembourg Turritella sp. (149756)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Ethiopia Turritella sp. (94587)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen Turritella novaesemljae (212021)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Russian Federation (Anadyr-Koryakskii Region) Turritella sp. (2538)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Russian Federation Turritella sp. (2489 2503)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Russian Federation (Siberia) Turritella sp. (2470)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Switzerland Turritella jaccardi (2225)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Poland (Lodzkie) Turritella polonica (64843)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Russian Federation (Siberia) Turritella sp. (2473)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9France Turritella jaccardi (2222)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Switzerland Turritella jaccardi (2247) Turritella sp. (2243)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Russian Federation Turritella sp. (2493)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9USA (Oregon) Turritella buwaldana (52308)