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Ispharina sulcifera

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Turritella sulcifera was named by Deshayes (1832) [DISTRIBUTION: Lutetian-Bartonian of Europe, Lutetian of Nigeria]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Torquesia (Ispharina) sulcifera by Marwick (1957); it was recombined as Turritella (Ispharina) sulcifera by Glibert (1962); it was recombined as Torquesia (Ispharina) sulciferus by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); it was recombined as Ispharina sulcifera by Bone et al (1991) and Jeffery and Tracey (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Turritella sulcifera Deshayes p. 278 figs. 35: 5-6
1957Torquesia (Ispharina) sulcifera Marwick p. 155
1962Turritella (Ispharina) sulcifera Glibert p. 101
1991Ispharina sulcifera Bone et al.
1995Torquesia (Ispharina) sulciferus Pacaud and Le Renard
1997Ispharina sulcifera Jeffery and Tracey p. 91 figs. Pl 7, fig 4

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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
genusIspharinaLamarck 1799
speciessulcifera(Deshayes 1832)

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.

†Ispharina sulcifera Deshayes 1832
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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 55.80000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Ispharina sulcifera (3266 3267 3268)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Ispharina sulcifera (3257)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Nigeria Turritella sulcifera (51239 51240 51241 51242 51243 51244 51245 51246)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Ispharina sulcifera (8124) Turritella sulcifera (8047 8048)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) Turritella sulcifera (3494)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Turritella sulcifera (40523 40530)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France Turritella sulcifera (78567)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy Turritella sulcifera (78565)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Libya Turritella sulcifera (42143)