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Turritriton domingensis

Gastropoda - Ranellidae

Taxonomy
Tritonium (Ranularia) domingense was named by Gabb (1873). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cymatium domingense by Pilsbry (1922); it was recombined as Cymatium (Turritriton) domingense by Beu and Knudsen (1988); it was recombined as Turritriton domingensis by Beu (2010) and Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Tritonium (Ranularia) domingense Gabb p. 212
1922Cymatium domingense Pilsbry p. 356
1988Cymatium (Turritriton) domingense Beu and Knudsen p. 86
2010Turritriton domingensis Beu p. 193
2010Turritriton domingensis Landau and Marques da Silva p. 54

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyRanellidaeGray 1854
subfamilyRanellinaeGray 1854
genusTurritritonDall 1904
speciesdomingensis(Gabb 1873)

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
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:59:47
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:59:47
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

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

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Dominican Republic Turritriton domingensis (92450)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcón) Turritriton domingensis (96434)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Dominican Republic Turritriton domingensis (74958 74959)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela Cymatium domingense (130981) Turritriton domingensis (96470 130976)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Turritriton domingensis (74934 131370 131509 131517)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Turritriton domingensis (92598)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Turritriton domingensis (75042 89564)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela Turritriton domingensis (136387)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Turritriton domingensis (80136)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Cymatium domingense (79710)