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Mariacolpus plebeia

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Turritella plebeia was named by Say (1824) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene; Virginia.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Turritella (Turritella) plebeia by Gardner (1948); it was recombined as Mariacolpus plebeia by Petuch (1988) and Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1824Turritella plebeia Say
1904Turritella plebeia Martin p. 234
1943Turritella plebeia Gardner p. 196
1948Turritella (Turritella) plebeia Gardner p. 196
1988Mariacolpus plebeia Petuch p. 16
1992Turritella plebeia Ward p. 115
1998Turritella plebeia Ward p. 70
2008Mariacolpus plebeia Hendy et al. p. 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyTurritellidaeLovén 1847
genusMariacolpus
speciesplebeia(Say 1824)

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.

†Mariacolpus plebeia Say 1824
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:15:58
Modified: 2018-02-27 07:57:42
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 20.44000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (75 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) Turritella plebeia (59335 59364 59724 59726 59752 59753)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608USA (Rhode Island) Turritella plebeia (88533)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Virginia) Turritella plebeia (61276)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Maryland) Turritella plebeia (125939)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Delaware) Turritella plebeia (18579)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Turritella plebeia (55517 60379 68975 69023 69024)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) Turritella plebeia (71642)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Maryland) Turritella plebeia (60376 70830 70844 70846 70847 70856 71639 79103 79105 79106 79107 79108 79109 79110 79111 79112 79113 79114 79115 79353)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Maryland) Turritella plebeia (70849 70850 70851 70853 71631 71635 71636)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) Turritella plebeia (61030)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Virginia) Turritella plebeia (71625 71630 71632 71637)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Virginia) Turritella plebeia (59295 59296 61290 79752)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Maryland) Mariacolpus plebeia (92325) Turritella plebeia (51722 51727 59302 59303 59304 59305 59306 68978 69016 69017 69032)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Turritella plebeia (61036 61042)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Virginia) Turritella plebeia (71534 71536 71618 71619 71623)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Falcon) Turritella plebeia (60804)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Virginia) Turritella plebeia (80036 80038 80040)