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Turbinella affinis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae

Taxonomy
Turbinellus affinis was named by Sowerby (1839) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene; Europe, Pakistan/]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Xancus affinis by Dey (1961); it was recombined as Turbinella affinis by Vredenburg (1925) and Harzhauser et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Turbinellus affinis Sowerby figs. pl. 26, fig. 22
1925Turbinella affinis Vredenburg p. 171
1961Xancus affinis Dey p. 83 figs. pl. 5, fig. 1
2009Turbinella affinis Harzhauser et al. p. 352

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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
speciesaffinis(Sowerby 1839)

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 affinis Sowerby 1839
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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: Burdigalian or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Xancus affinis (72033)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97India Turbinella affinis (111230)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97India (Gujarat) Turbinella affinis (179086)