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Turrilites (Carthaginites)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Turrilitidae

Taxonomy
Turrilites (Carthaginites) was named by Pervinquière (1907) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno-u].

It was reranked as Carthaginites by Kennedy and Cobban (1990) and Wright et al. (1996).

It was assigned to Turrilites by Pervinquière (1907); and to Turrilitidae by Kennedy and Cobban (1990) and Wright et al. (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Turrilites (Carthaginites) Pervinquière p. 101
1990Carthaginites Kennedy and Cobban p. 417
1996Carthaginites Wright et al. p. 243

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyTurrilitidaeGill 1871
genusTurrilitesLamarck 1801
subgenusCarthaginitesPervinquière 1907

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.

Subg. †Turrilites (Carthaginites) Pervinquière 1907
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. W. Wright et al. 1996Differs from
Raynaudia in having a spiral groove along the middle of the side, with or without single row of small tubercles, and siphuncle at inner upper angle of whorl.