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Turritella sexlineata

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Turritella sexlineata Roemer
2006Turritella sexlineata Kiel and Krüger p. 682 fig. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyTurritellidaeLovén 1847
subfamilyTurritellinaeLovén 1847
genusTurritellaLamarck 1799
speciessexlineataRoemer 1841

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.

Turritella sexlineata Roemer 1841
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: thing
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 18:26:02
Modified: 2018-03-04 19:51:38
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Santonian to the top of the Early/Lower Paleocene or 85.80000 to 61.70000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5Germany Turritella sexlineata (178204 196660)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Egypt (Nile Valley) Turritella sexlineata (3593)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Egypt (Western Desert) Turritella sexlineata (3139 3140 3143 3144)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7Egypt (Western Desert) Turritella sexlineata (3138)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Libya Turritella sexlineata (77235)