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Turbo (Senectus) castanea

Gastropoda - Turbinidae

Taxonomy
Turbo castanea was named by Gmelin (1791). It is extant.

It was recombined as Turbo (Senectus) castaneus by Rutsch (1934); it was recombined as Turbo (Marmarostoma) castaneus by Woodring (1957); it was recombined as Turbo (Marmarostoma) castanea by Landau et al. (2008); it was recombined as Turbo (Senectus) castanea by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. reticularis, T. thouvignoi, T. sanoi, T. yoshiharuyabei, T. hosodai

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1791Turbo castanea Gmelin
1791Turbo crenulatus Gmelin
1791Turbo castanea Gmelin p. 3595
1791Turbo moltkianus Gmelin p. 3595
1917Turbo crenulatoides Maury p. 153 figs. pl. 24, fig. 14
1930Turbo castaneus Mansfield
1934Turbo (Senectus) castaneus Rutsch p. 40 figs. pl. 1, figs. 1, 2
1957Turbo (Marmarostoma) castaneus Woodring p. 63
1967Turbo (Marmarostoma) castaneus ayersi Olsson p. 43 figs. pl. 6, fig. 5
2008Turbo (Marmarostoma) castanea Landau et al. p. 456
2010Turbo (Senectus) castanea Landau and Marques da Silva p. 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurbinidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyTurbininaeRafinesque 1815
genusTurboLinnaeus 1758
subgenusSenectus(Swainson 1840)
speciescastanea(Gmelin 1791)

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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Invalid names: Turbo (Marmarostoma) ayersi Olsson 1967 [synonym], Turbo crenulatoides Maury 1917 [synonym], Turbo crenulatus Gmelin 1791 [synonym], Turbo moltkianus Gmelin 1791 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: intermediateg
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: minorg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 10:38:22
Modified: 2009-03-16 12:38:22
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Abbott and Dance 1986

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 23.03000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Dominican Republic Turbo castanea (92450)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela Turbo castanea (96470)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Turbo castaneus (93176)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Turbo castaneus (60692)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Turbo crenulatus (41552)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela Turbo castanea (96486)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Turbo crenulatoides (58819)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Florida) Turbo crenulatoides, Turbo ayersi (146874)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Turbo castanea (79710 111010 111011 131210 131217 131237 131363)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Turbo castaneus (59484 59486 79761)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Turbo castanea (96519)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Turbo castanea (61309) Turbo castaneus (41501)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Turbo crenulatus (80304)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Turbo castaneus (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Bermuda Turbo castanea (67947)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Turbo castanea (61310) Turbo castaneus (67069)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Turbo castanea (96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Turbo castanea (69045)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela Turbo castanea (131223)