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Turritella (Torquesia) granulata

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Turritella granulata was named by Sowerby (1827). Its type specimen is BMNH G. 43667, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Horizon C, Blackborough, Devon (Blackdown Greensand), which is in an Albian coastal sandstone in the Blackdown Greensand Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Torquesia.

It was recombined as Turritella (Torquesia) granulata by Abbass (1962).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Torquesia prehumerosa, T. adela, T. agronomica, T. alcida, T. altiliroides, T. ameghinoi, T. anguillana, T. bilara, T. bilboraensis, T. biplicata, T. boycensis, T. brankampi, T. callizona, T. capensis, T. carninata, T. caseyi, T. chalybeatensis, T. chirena, T. claytonensis, T. cobbani, T. codellana, T. collazica, T. crocus, T. diastropha, T. difficilis, T. distincta, T. falconensis, T. fascialiis, T. femina, T. fischeri, T. forgemoli, T. gardnerae, T. hilli, T. jenkinsi, T. kauffmani, T. knysnaensis, T. kowiensis, T. laevissima, T. leonensis, T. lineolta, T. litharia, T. malaspina, T. malaspina, T. mcnairyensis, T. megalobasis, T. meunieri, T. millepunctata, T. ministeri, T. molarium, T. monserratensis, T. multilinata, T. mundula, T. neusensis, T. novaesemljae, T. paraensis, T. pedroana, T. pelusae, T. perrieri, T. pirabica, T. pliorecens, T. pontoni, T. poronaiensis, T. premimetes, T. rostrata, T. rubricollis, T. soaresana, T. soaresana, T. submortoni, T. tanaguraensis, T. trilara, T. triplicata, T. turneri, T. wagneriana, T. wasana, T. webbi, T. wiedenmayeri, T. pllanigyrata, T. conspicablis, T. chichibuensis, T. premortoni, T. waltonensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Turritella granulata Sowerby p. 125 figs. pl. 565, fig. 1
1962Turritella (Torquesia) granulata Abbass p. 183

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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
subgenusTorquesia(Douvillé 1929)
speciesgranulata(Sowerby 1827)

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: yess
Adult length: 10 to < 100s
Adult width: 10 to < 100s
Adult height: 10 to < 100s
Thickness: thing
Folds: nones
Ribbing: minors
Spines: nones
Internal reinforcement: nones
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-02-26 16:44:42
Modified: 2009-02-26 21:37:38
Source: s = species, g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Abbass 1962

Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Cenomanian or 125.00000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0United Kingdom (England) Turritella granulata (86972 86973)
Albian113.0 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Turritella granulata (51597 type locality: 51674)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6United Kingdom (England) Turritella granulata (6280 51673)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany Torquesia granulata (66734 66776)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Turritella granulata (86971)