Turritella abrupta Spieker 1922 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Alternative combination: Turritella robusta abrupta

Synonyms: Turritella charana Spieker 1922, Turritella fredeai Hodson 1926, Turritella robusta fredeai Hodson 1926, Turritella supraconcava Hanna and Israelsky 1925, Turritella trinitaria Maury 1925

Belongs to Turritella according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010

See also Anderson 1929, Landau et al. 2008, Olsson 1932, Perrilliat 1972, Spieker 1922 and Weisbord 1929

Sister taxa: Turritella (Bactrospira), Turritella (Bowlesia), Turritella (Broderiptella), Turritella (Eichwaldiella), Turritella (Kurosioia), Turritella (Peyrotia), Turritella (Sohlitella), Turritella (Tomyris), Turritella (Turritella), Turritella (Zaria), Turritella abbatis, Turritella adabionensis, Turritella admirabilis, Turritella aegyptiaca, Turritella aequistriata, Turritella affinis, Turritella ageri, Turritella aguilerae, Turritella alpis, Turritella alternans, Turritella altilirata, Turritella ambulacrum, Turritella anceps, Turritella andersoni, Turritella annectens, Turritella antigona, Turritella apita, Turritella arduissima, Turritella arethusa, Turritella arsenei, Turritella assimilis, Turritella attenuata, Turritella auricincta, Turritella beaufortensis, Turritella belviderei, Turritella berjadinensis, Turritella bernardi, Turritella bhagothorensis, Turritella bicarinata, Turritella bicingulata, Turritella bosworthi, Turritella boughtoni, Turritella bowenae, Turritella bramkampi, Turritella brunnhilda, Turritella buckinghamensis, Turritella bucklandii, Turritella bunkerhillensis, Turritella buwaldana, Turritella cahuillensis, Turritella caleta, Turritella canaliculata, Turritella candida, Turritella caparonis, Turritella capistrata, Turritella carezi, Turritella caribaea, Turritella carlottae, Turritella carrisaensis, Turritella ceibana, Turritella chaneyi, Turritella chicoensis, Turritella chinhauaninae, Turritella chira, Turritella clathratula, Turritella clevelandia, Turritella cocoditana, Turritella columnaris, Turritella communis, Turritella conquistadorana, Turritella conspera, Turritella cooperi, Turritella coreyi, Turritella cornuatus, Turritella creola, Turritella crocea, Turritella cruzadoi, Turritella cumberlandia, Turritella curamichatensis, Turritella dalli, Turritella daviesi, Turritella dickersoni, Turritella diversilineata, Turritella douvillei, Turritella durhami, Turritella dutexata, Turritella encina, Turritella exaltata, Turritella excavata, Turritella fica, Turritella filicincta, Turritella forresti, Turritella freya, Turritella fuerta, Turritella fultoni, Turritella gabrielensis, Turritella galvesia, Turritella gatunensis, Turritella gemmulifera, Turritella gilbertharrisi, Turritella goldfusii, Turritella gonisotoma, Turritella gonostoma, Turritella gothica, Turritella granti, Turritella guppyi, Turritella halensis, Turritella hallii, Turritella hamiltonensis, Turritella hannai, Turritella harborti, Turritella harrisoni, Turritella hearni, Turritella heberti, Turritella herberti, Turritella hollandi, Turritella hookeri, Turritella hopkinsi, Turritella hubbardi, Turritella humerosa, Turritella hybrida, Turritella iddingsi, Turritella illesca, Turritella illustris, Turritella imperialis, Turritella inca, Turritella indenta, Turritella inezana, Turritella infraconstricta, Turritella infragranulata, Turritella infralineata, Turritella inframarginata, Turritella iota, Turritella jacksonensis, Turritella kachhensis, Turritella kaiseri, Turritella kamerunensis, Turritella kansasensis, Turritella karatsuensis, Turritella kayalensis, Turritella keaseyensis, Turritella kernensis, Turritella keswickensis, Turritella kimberi, Turritella lagunillasensis, Turritella lahirii, Turritella larensis, Turritella laubei, Turritella leptomita, Turritella lindae, Turritella lineolata, Turritella lissoni, Turritella listrota, Turritella lloydsmithi, Turritella lornensis, Turritella machapoorensis, Turritella maputi, Turritella margaritana, Turritella marianopsis, Turritella masinguiensis, Turritella matarucana, Turritella mauryana, Turritella medioconcava, Turritella meganosensis, Turritella melanoides, Turritella merenskyi, Turritella meroensis, Turritella merriami, Turritella miikensis, Turritella mississippiensis, Turritella monilifera, Turritella monilifera, Turritella monroensis, Turritella montereyana, Turritella montserratensis, Turritella moodyi, Turritella narica, Turritella nasuta, Turritella negritosensis, Turritella nelsoni, Turritella nerinexa, Turritella nipponica, Turritella nodosa, Turritella nodulosa, Turritella noetlingi, Turritella obruta, Turritella ochlockoneensis, Turritella ocoyana, Turritella okadai, Turritella olssoni, Turritella olympicensis, Turritella opalina, Turritella opalina, Turritella oregonensis, Turritella oreodoxa, Turritella ossa, Turritella pachecoensis, Turritella packardi, Turritella paedopsis, Turritella pagodaeformis, Turritella pagodula, Turritella paraguanensis, Turritella pasada, Turritella pedroensis, Turritella peninsularis, Turritella perdita, Turritella perduensis, Turritella perforata, Turritella petersoni, Turritella pilsbryi, Turritella pinfoldi, Turritella pittsburgensis, Turritella planispira, Turritella polonica, Turritella polynominata, Turritella pondicherriensis, Turritella portaroi, Turritella porterensis, Turritella praelonga, Turritella prenuncia, Turritella pseudobandongensis, Turritella pseudohauthalli, Turritella pseudotethis, Turritella puncticulata, Turritella quadrangulonodosa, Turritella quadrilira, Turritella rakhiensis, Turritella reevei, Turritella reversa, Turritella riverae, Turritella robusta, Turritella robusta, Turritella rotundata, Turritella rustica, Turritella sakitoensis, Turritella salasi, Turritella salchica, Turritella saltoensis, Turritella samanensis, Turritella sanguinea, Turritella saposa, Turritella scalata, Turritella schencki, Turritella scrippsensis, Turritella secta, Turritella segmenta, Turritella seriatimgranulata, Turritella sexlineata, Turritella shataii, Turritella sherborni, Turritella soldadensis, Turritella soriensis, Turritella sowerbii, Turritella steiningeri, Turritella stephanensis, Turritella stocki, Turritella stoppanii, Turritella subcanaliculata, Turritella subcarinata, Turritella subgrundifera, Turritella subtilestriata, Turritella subtilis, Turritella subuvasana, Turritella subvariabilis, Turritella susanaensis, Turritella tampae, Turritella taurinensis, Turritella tejonensis, Turritella temblorensis, Turritella terebellata, Turritella terebralis, Turritella terebriformis, Turritella tippana, Turritella tipperi, Turritella tornata, Turritella torulosa, Turritella totiumsanctorum, Turritella tricincta, Turritella tricostata, Turritella trilineata, Turritella trilira, Turritella trilix, Turritella turbinata, Turritella turris, Turritella tuxtepecensis, Turritella uvasana, Turritella vaderensis, Turritella vanvlecki, Turritella variata, Turritella varicosta, Turritella venezuelana, Turritella ventricosa, Turritella vertebroides, Turritella vientoensis, Turritella vistana, Turritella vitulata, Turritella washingtoniana, Turritella weaveri, Turritella wheatlandensis, Turritella woodsi, Turritella xylina, Turritella yucatecana

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Ecuador (1 collection), Mexico (1), Venezuela (3)

• Miocene of Colombia (5), Ecuador (4), Panama (18), Peru (4), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Venezuela (5)

• Eocene of Peru (1)

Total: 43 collections each including a single occurrence

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