Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Turritella communis

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Turritella communis Risso p. 106 figs. fig. 37
1848Turritella communis Wood p. 74

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyTurritellidaeLovén 1847
subfamilyTurritellinaeLovén 1847
genusTurritellaLamarck 1799
speciescommunisRisso 1826

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.

show all | hide all
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 Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Cyprus Turritella communis (34689)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) Turritella communis (84759)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Turritella communis (84833)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Morocco Turritella communis (127581)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Spain Turritella communis (128324)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Ireland Turritella communis (178118)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Turritella communis (84832)