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Turbinella wilsoni

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae

Taxonomy
Turbinella wilsoni was named by Conrad (1848). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vicksburg, which is in a Rupelian marine marl in the Byram Marl Formation of Mississippi.

It was recombined as Xancus wilsoni by Maury (1902).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Turbinella wilsoni Conrad p. 290
1902Xancus wilsoni Maury p. 73
1916Turbinella wilsoni Dall p. 505
1964Turbinella wilsoni Vokes p. 44 figs. 1:1a-b

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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
superfamilyTurbinelloidea
familyTurbinellidaeSwainson 1840
subfamilyTurbinellinaeSwainson 1840
genusTurbinellaLamarck 1799
specieswilsoni

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.

Turbinella wilsoni Conrad 1848
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:23:42
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:23:42
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 37.20000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Xancus wilsoni (43055)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Xancus wilsoni (43067)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Georgia) Xancus wilsoni (60824 60832 60835)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) Turbinella wilsoni (5999 6005 6006 7111 type locality: 84137 177590)