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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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Knight et al. (1960).g
Created: 2009-06-06 07:25:03
Modified: 2009-06-06 09:25:03
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Floian to the top of the Gorstian or 477.70000 to 425.60000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) T. acrea (56643)
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0USA (Missouri) Murchisonia acrea (75520 75525 75556 75557 75559 75561) Murchisonia acrea, Murchisonia indet. (75551) Murchisonia acrea, Murchisonia n. sp. #1 (75519) Murchisonia acrea, Murchisonia n. sp. #3 (75547) Murchisonia acrea, Murchisonia n. sp. #4, Murchisonia n. sp. #3, Murchisonia n. sp. #2 (75521) Murchisonia indet. (75543)
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland) Murchisonia acrea (154702)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland) T. acrea (195748)
Rangerian470.0 - 470.3Greenland T. acrea (174316)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Canada (Ontario) Murchisonia constricta (155012)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Canada (Ontario) Murchisonia constricta (154346)