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Turritella assimilis

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Turritella assimilis Sowerby
1928Turritella assimilis Vredenburg p. 377
2007Turritella assimilis Harzhauser p. 97
2009Turritella assimilis Harzhauser et al. p. 341

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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
speciesassimilisSowerby 1840

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.

Turritella assimilis Sowerby 1840
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Pliocene or 20.44000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97India Turritella assimilis (111230)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Pakistan Turritella assimilis (77133 77154)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Pakistan Turritella assimilis (77295)