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Turbinella falconensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae

Taxonomy
Xancus falconensis was named by Hodson (1931). Its type specimen is PRI 24111, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Xancus validus falconensis by Woodring (1964); it was recombined as Turbinella falconensis by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Xancus falconensis Hodson p. 40 figs. pl. 22, figs. 1, 3
1964Xancus validus falconensis Woodring p. 286
2010Turbinella falconensis Landau and Marques da Silva p. 69

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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
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyTurbinelloidea
familyTurbinellidaeSwainson 1840
subfamilyTurbinellinaeSwainson 1840
genusTurbinellaLamarck 1799
speciesfalconensis(Hodson 1931)

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.

†Turbinella falconensis Hodson 1931
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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 08:23:42
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:23:42
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Tortonian or 20.44000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcón) Turbinella falconensis (92782)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Colombia (La Guajira) Turbinella falconensis (136882 156356 156370 156621 156724 156748 156751 156752 156754 156795 156796 156832 157344 158102 160770 160792 160814 160815 160816 161893 161894)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Turbinella falconensis (60144 60703 60710)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcón) Xancus falconensis (179723)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) Turbinella falconensis (156798)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Colombia Turbinella falconensis (106367)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) Turbinella falconensis (156488 156520 156522 156683 157858 157859)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela Turbinella falconensis (130981)