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Turritella vanvlecki

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Turritella vanvlecki was named by Arnold (1909). Its type specimen is USNM 165496, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 2377, which is in a Pliocene marine sandstone in the Etchegoin Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Turritella vanvlecki Arnold p. 85 figs. Pl. 22, fig. 3
1941Turritella vanvlecki Merriam p. 125 figs. Plate 37, figures 1, 2, 3, 11, 12

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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
speciesvanvlecki

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 vanvlecki Arnold 1909
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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 Messinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 7.24600 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (California) Turritella vanvlecki (195078)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Turritella vanvlecki (194799 194801 194803 194892 194894 194895)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Turritella vanvlecki (215435 216433 type locality: 216864)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Turritella gonostoma (238434 238435 238437 238605 238610)