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Turritella (Turritella) alticostata

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Turritella alticostata Conrad
1936Turritella alticosta Cooke p. 125
1948Turritella (Turritella) alticostata Gardner p. 196

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyTurritellidaeLovén 1847
subfamilyTurritellinaeLovén 1847
genusTurritellaLamarck 1799
subgenusTurritellaLamarck 1799
speciesalticostata(Conrad 1834)

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.

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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 Serravallian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 13.82000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Maryland) Turritella alticostata (55396)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Virginia) Turritella alticostata (61293 61295 78260 78261 78262 78264 78265 78266 78267 78268 78270 78271 78272 79245 79709)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (South Carolina) Turritella alticosta (92407)