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Turritella cooperi

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Turritella cooperi Carpenter
1866Turritella jewettii Carpenter p. 276
1895Turritella cooperi Ashley p. 343
1895Turritella jewetti Ashley p. 343
1931Turritella cooperi Grant, IV and Gale
1941Turritella cooperi Merriam p. 117 figs. Plate 33, figures 1, 2, 3, 4 ; plate 34, figures 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 ; plate 35, figures 14, 15
1941Turritella jewettii Merriam p. 123
1950Turritella cooperi Woodring and Bramlette p. 41
1959Turritella cooperi Addicott and Emerson p. 16
1966Turritella cooperi Stanton, Jr. p. 32 figs. Pl. 7, figs. 1 - 5
2021Turritella cooperi Hendy

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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
speciescooperiCarpenter 1864

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 cooperi Carpenter 1864
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†Turritella cooperi nova Nomland 1916
Invalid names: Turritella jewettii Carpenter 1866 [synonym]
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
U. S. Grant, IV and H. R. Gale 1931Shell with high, many-whorled spire; suture depressed; whorls somewhat ventricose, with spiral ridges or cords which vary widely in number and character, frequently consisting of two rather prominent carina which trisect the area of the whorl. Large Pleistocene specimens measure 65 mm. in length, with the body whorl 17 mm. in diameter.
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 Rancholabrean or 7.24600 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (134 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) Turritella cooperi (195039 195079 195120)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333USA (California) Turritella cooperi (97234)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Turritella cooperi (194796 194801 194803 194888 194891 195032 195034 195038)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Turritella cooperi (96902 96911 96912 97208 97209 97230 97231 97233 97235 97401 97402 97403) Turritella nova (206367 206369 206373 216913 220190)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Baja California) Turritella cooperi (154115)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Turritella cooperi (96906 96908 96909 96910 204364 204366 204367) Turritella nova (216912)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.806USA (California) Turritella cooperi (214256 214257 214258 214259 214260 214261 214262 214263 214264 214265 214266 214267 214270 214271 214272 214273)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico (Baja California) Turritella cooperi (154116)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Turritella cooperi (200398 200403)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Turritella cooperi (189541 189542) Turritella cooperi, Turritella jewetti (186031)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806USA (California) Turritella cooperi (214255)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Turritella cooperi (189758 189759 189765 189766 189767 207642 207658 207659 207667 207671 207672 207673 207724 214277 214287)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) Turritella cooperi (83787 168757 231899)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Turritella cooperi (201624 237604 237610)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Turritella cooperi (37938)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Turritella cooperi (96894 138723 202640 202642 203095 203108 203114 222663 222664 222665 222666 222938 222976 222979 222998 223309 223327 223525) Turritella cooperi, Turritella jewetti (222978 222993 222995) Turritella cooperi, Turritella jewettii (202634 202636 202637 202638 202639 202644 202646 202647 202648) Turritella jewettii (202635 202645)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Turritella cooperi (223009) Turritella cooperi, Turritella jewetti (222646)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Turritella cooperi (84900)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Turritella cooperi (96566 96895 160361 219029 222661 222949 222953 223013 223066) Turritella cooperi, Turritella jewetti (222659 222660 222662 222674) Turritella cooperi, Turritella jewettii (59063)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Turritella cooperi (67643 226465)