Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Megasurcula carpenteriana

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Taxonomy
Pleurotoma (Surcula) carpenteriana was named by Gabb (1866). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Surcula carpenteriana by Gabb (1869); it was recombined as Pleurotoma (Genota) carpenteriana by Raymond (1906); it was recombined as Turris (Bathytoma) carpenteriana by Nomland (1916); it was recombined as Turris carpenteriana by Nomland (1917); it was misspelled as Surcula carpentariana by Ashley (1895); it was recombined as Megasurcula carpenteriana by Woodring and Bramlette (1950) and Hendy (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Pleurotoma (Surcula) carpenteriana Gabb p. 183
1866Pleurotoma (Surcula) carpenteriana Gabb p. 6 figs. PI. 1, Fig. 9, and 9 a
1866Pleurotoma (Surcula) tryoniana Gabb p. 6 figs. PI. 1, Fig. 9, and 9 a
1869Surcula carpenteriana Gabb p. 46
1895Surcula carpentariana Ashley p. 343
1903Pleurotoma (Dolichotoma) cooperi Arnold p. 203 figs. Plate VII, Fig. 3
1906Pleurotoma (Genota) carpenteriana Raymond p. 37
1906Pleurotoma (Genota) tryoniana Raymond p. 38
1916Turris (Bathytoma) carpenteriana Nomland p. 203
1917Turris carpenteriana Nomland p. 213
1950Megasurcula carpenteriana Woodring and Bramlette p. 41
2021Megasurcula carpenteriana Hendy

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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)
familyTurridaeSwainson 1840
genusMegasurculaCasey 1904
speciescarpenteriana()

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.

show all | hide all
Invalid names: Pleurotoma (Dolichotoma) cooperi Arnold 1903 [synonym], Pleurotoma (Surcula) tryoniana Gabb 1866 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available