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Turritoma

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae

Taxonomy
Turritoma was named by Ulrich and Scofield (1897) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-u O Aren-l]. It is not extant. Its type is Murchisonia acrea.

It was reranked as Murchisonia (Turritoma) by Knight et al. (1960).

It was assigned to Pleurotomariidae by Ulrich and Scofield (1897); to Murchisonia by Knight et al. (1960); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Eotomariidae by Wagner (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Turritoma Ulrich and Scofield
1897Turritospira Ulrich and Scofield
1960Murchisonia (Turritoma) Knight et al. p. 291
2002Turritoma Sepkoski
2023Turritoma Wagner p. G393

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyEotomariidaeWenz 1938
genusTurritoma

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.

G. †Turritoma Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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Turritoma acrea Billings 1865
Turritoma ada Billings 1865
Turritoma constricta Whiteaves 1884
Invalid names: Turritospira Ulrich and Scofield 1897 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available