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Turris elsmerensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Taxonomy
Turris elsmerensis was named by English (1914). Its type specimen is UCMP 11917 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 1601, Elsmere Canyon, which is in a Pliocene marine sandstone in the Pico Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Turris elsmerensis English pp. 216 - 217 figs. Plate 23, figures ±a and 46

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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)
familyTurridaeSwainson 1840
genusTurrisRöding 1798
specieselsmerensis

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.

†Turris elsmerensis English 1914
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