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Turritella (Broderiptella) mimetes

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Turritella mimetes Brown and Pilsbry p. 357 figs. pl. 27, fig. 1
1922Turritella mimetes Olsson p. 149
1929Turritella mimetes Anderson p. 120
2010Turritella (Broderiptella) mimetes Landau and Marques da Silva p. 21

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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
subgenusBroderiptellaOlsson 1964
speciesmimetes()

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.

Turritella (Broderiptella) mimetes Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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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 Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 11.60800 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Turritella mimetes (93051 93052 93053 93054 93176 134661)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Turritella mimetes (145253 145254 145255 145278 145281 145334 145336 145337 145339 145358)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Turritella mimetes (60640)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia (Atlántico) Turritella mimetes (88312)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Turritella mimetes (60399 60402 60406 60630 60633 60634 60635)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Turritella mimetes (60692)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Turritella mimetes (60649)