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Turricula excelsa

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae

Taxonomy
Turricula excelsa was named by Bohm (1926). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Langental, NE of Bogenfels, which is in a Priabonian shallow subtidal siltstone/sandstone in the Langental Beds Formation of Namibia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Turricula excelsa Bohm p. 71 figs. Taf. 32, Fig 5a

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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
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyClavatulidae(Gray 1853)
genusTurriculaSchumacher 1817
speciesexcelsa

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.

†Turricula excelsa Bohm 1926
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Diagnosis
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