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Turricula

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae

Taxonomy
Turricula was named by Schumacher (1817) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 790]. It is extant. Its type is Murex tornatus.

It was reranked as Mitra (Turricula) by Abrard (1946).

It was assigned to Gastropoda by Mansfield (1925); to Volutidae by Bohm (1926); to Mitra by Abrard (1946); to Turriculinae by MacNeil (1960), Addicott (1970), Hickman (1976), Hickman (1980) and Wilson (1994); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Turridae by Olsson (1931), Turner (1938), Mukerjee (1939), Durham (1944), Harris and Palmer (1947), Adegoke (1977), Moore (1984), Squires (1999) and Baluk (2003); and to Clavatulidae by Harzhauser et al. (2009).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Turricula Schumacher
1853Surcula Adams and Adams
1865Pleurotoma (Surcula) Gabb p. 183
1866Pleurotoma (Surcula) Gabb p. 5
1873Turris (Surcula) Gabb p. 207
1906Pleurotoma (Surcula) Oppenheim p. 332 figs. pl. 24, figs. 26 a, b
1908Turris (Surcula) Dall
1919Turricula (Surcula) Dall p. 4
1921Surcula Vredenburg p. 86
1922Surcula Woods p. 106
1925Turricula Mansfield p. 13
1926Turricula Bohm p. 71
1931Surcula Olsson p. 118
1931Turricula Olsson p. 118
1935Clavatula (Surcula) Oostingh p. 108
1938Turricula Turner p. 70
1939Turricula Mukerjee p. 77
1944Turricula Durham p. 187
1946Mitra (Turricula) Abrard p. 100
1947Turricula Harris and Palmer p. 428
1960Turricula MacNeil p. 108
1967Surcula Abbass p. 120
1970Turricula Addicott p. 129
1976Turricula Hickman p. 33
1977Turricula Adegoke p. 189
1980Turricula Hickman p. 80
1984Turricula Moore p. 24
1986Turricula (Surcula) Covacevich and Frassinetti p. 39
1994Turricula Wilson p. 189
1999Turricula Squires p. 21
2002Surcula Sepkoski
2002Turricula Sepkoski
2003Turricula Baluk p. 30
2009Turricula Harzhauser et al. p. 355

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyClavatulidae(Gray 1853)
genusTurriculaSchumacher 1817

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. Turricula Schumacher 1817
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Subg. †Turricula (Crenaturricula) Vokes 1939
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Crenaturricula vokesi Clark and Durham 1946
Subg. †Turricula (Leptosurcula) Casey 1904
Subg. †Turricula (Turricula) Schumacher 1817
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Turricula beanensis Durham 1944
Turricula bremertonensis Durham 1944
Turricula bulwaldana Anderson and Martin 1914
Turricula burroensis Nelson 1925
Turricula calafia Nelson 1925
Turricula cooperi Dickerson 1916
Turricula emerita Hickman 1976
Turricula eolavinia Olsson 1930
Turricula esdailei Marwick 1926
Turricula excelsa Bohm 1926
Turricula flammea Schumacher 1817
Turricula fluctuosa Harris 1937
Turricula haydeni Cox 1930
Turricula keaseyensis Hickman 1976
Turricula mclellani Tegland 1933
Turricula nelliae Smith 1877
Turricula ochsneri Anderson and Martin 1914
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Invalid names: Drillia wilsoni Anderson and Martin 1914 [synonym], Turricula libya Dall 1919 [synonym]
Turricula piercei Arnold 1909
Turricula plutonica Casey 1903
Turricula promensis Vredenburg 1921
Turricula rossellae Durham 1944
Turricula sethuramae Vredenburg 1921
Turricula spuria Hedley 1922
Turricula taurina Olsson 1922
Turricula terryi Olsson 1922
Turricula thangaensis Vredenburg 1921
Turricula tornata Dillwyn 1817
Turricula waringi Nelson 1925
Turricula washingtoniana Weaver 1912
Invalid names: Surcula Adams and Adams 1853 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available