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Tornatellaea

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Tornatellaea Conrad
1947Tornatellaea Harris and Palmer p. 458
1964Tornatellaea Sohl p. 291
1977Tornatellaea Adegoke p. 215
1984Tornatellaea Kase p. 168
1990Tornatellaea Beu et al. p. 421
2002Tornatellaea Sepkoski
2004Tornatellaea Kaim p. 154
2012Tornatellaea Gründel and Nützel pp. 50 - 51
2017Tornatellaea Cataldo p. 431

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
superfamilyActeonoidead'Orbigny 1835
familyActeonidaed'Orbigny 1835
genusTornatellaeaConrad 1860

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. †Tornatellaea Conrad 1860
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Subg. †Tornatellaea (Ravniella) Rosenkrantz 1970
Tornatellaea africana Furon 1948
Tornatellaea bella Conrad 1860
Tornatellaea cretacea Wade 1926
Tornatellaea effingeri Vokes 1939
Tornatellaea gazdzickii Schröder 1995
Tornatellaea impressa Gabb 1864
Tornatellaea lata Conrad 1834
Tornatellaea matura Schröder 1995
Tornatellaea neuquina Cataldo 2017
Tornatellaea regularis von Koenen 1885
Tornatellaea rosa Hanna 1927
Tornatellaea simulata Solander 1766
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Gründel and A. Nützel 2012The shell is relatively high-spired. The protoconch (not known from type species) is medioaxial to almost coaxial, consisting of one to two visible whorls. The teleoconch whorls have or have not a narrow subsutural ramp. The ornament consists of spiral furrows with variable number and spacing. The intersection of growth lines and furrows produce oval pits in the furrows. The growth lines are almost straight, orthocline on whorl flanks, not or only weakly backward curving adapically. They are weakly prosocyrt on the base. The aperture is oval. The outer lip is convex and has an inner thickening or dentations (not seen in Jurassic species). The inner lip bears two distinct columellar folds.
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height114.751.6013.05.503.25

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:23:29
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:23:29
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Jamesoni to the top of the Rupelian or 189.60000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections (229 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Greenland T. fontis (162113)
Jamesoni189.6 - 183.0Greenland T. fontis (161976 162111)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) T. fontis (204115)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Germany T. sp. (151084)
Bathonian - Callovian168.3 - 163.5Germany T. multistriata (58211 58247 58405)
Bathonian - Callovian168.3 - 163.5Poland T. multistriata (58292)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Germany T. multistriata (58218 58393)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Germany T. multistriata (58371)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Argentina (Neuquén) T. sp. (232194)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Poland (Lodzkie) Actaeon gazdzickii (64853 64854 64855 64856 64857 64858 64859 64860 64866 64868 64869 64870 64871 64872 64874 64875 64876)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Argentina (Neuquén) T. neuquina (232198)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Poland (Lodzkie) Actaeon gazdzickii (64842 64843 64844 64845 64846 64847 64848 64849 64850 64851)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Russian Federation T. sp. nov. (177874 177876)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France (Drôme) T. sp. 1, T. sp. 2 (177726) T. sp. 2 (75576)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Germany T. sp. (67175) T. striata (67179)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0United Kingdom (England) T. aptiensis (1747)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Germany T. lacryma (67184)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6United Kingdom (England) T. affinis, T. cosnensis, T. ebrayi, T. unisulcata (6280)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany T. triplicata, T. lacryma (66779)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (California) T. impressa (1789 1794 1798 1799 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) T. impressa (44196)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) T. cretacea (7502) T. eretacea appressa (7504 7568) T. eretacea appressa, T. scatesi (7507) T. scatesi (7472 7482 7499) T. scatesi, T. cretacea (7481)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Tennessee) T. cretacea, T. globulosa (88357)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) T. cretacea, T. globulosa (7515)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) T. cretacea (205445)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) T. cretacea (7570) T. eretacea (7550) T. scatesi (7480 7493) T. sp. (205408 205541)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Georgia) T. sp. (4277)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) T. cretacea (7609)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) T. gramdis (4475 4477)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Poland T. kongieli (27819)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (Texas) T. sp. (86419) T. texana (86330)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Maryland) T. texana (83135)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Alabama) T. quercollis (98410 98430)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) T. globosa, T. linifera (205466) T. leai (91778 91893) T. quercollis, T. texana (5602) T. sp. (5585 5586 5587 5589 5590 5600 5601 84468) T. spp. (91803 91832) T. spp. B (91833) T. texana (5588 5594 5595 5597 5598 5599 85315 91776)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium T. parisiensis (22931)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Illinois) T. cretacea (70129)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Poland T. parisiensis (27625)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Tennessee) T. quercollis (90675)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Egypt T. pharaonum (86950)
Danian66.0 - 61.6France T. sp. (20816)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Neuquén) T. sp. (73914 73918 73920 73921 73922 73973 73978 73987 73990)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Greenland Ravniella regularis, Ravniella groenlandica (22943) T. groenlandica (177724)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Alabama) T. quercollis (35081) T. sp. A (90601 98427)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Texas) T. spp. (98741 98793) T. spp. B (99071) T. texana (91775 98733)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene66.0 - 58.7USA (Texas) T. texana (86307 86328)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Argentina T. morbosa, T. sp. (99400) T. patagonica, T. guillermoi (99258)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Belgium T. ciplyensis, T. montensis (3119)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Germany T. ciplyensis, T. montensis (3114)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Austria (Salzburg) T. regularis (84335)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Greenland Ravniella groenlandica (22944 22945)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Nigeria T. africana (7791)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (Mississippi) T. sp. A (92376)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Denmark Ravniella regularis (35263 35264 35265 35266 35267) T. regularis (51500)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Virginia) T. sp. C (91126 101306)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Alabama) T. sp. (86176)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) T. bella (3113)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Poland T. parisiensis (27018 27019)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Australia (Victoria) T. quindecimlirata (6266 6267 6268)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Mexico (Nuevo Leon) T. cerralvensis (42902 42903 42909)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Maryland) T. sp. C (91709)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Antarctica (Seymour Island) T. darwini (63549)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) T. simulata (3260 3266 76601) T. sp. (38868)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Alabama) T. bella (80766 80767 80776 80779 80780 80785 80788 80792 83809 89873 97454 98276 98277 98293 98390 205272)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Mississippi) T. bella (89868 89872 99666 100148)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Maryland) T. sp. D (91550)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) T. n. sp., T. effingeri (122294) T. vacavillensis (201621)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Antarctica (Seymour Island) T. darwini (63551)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) T. sp. (83804)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) T. simulata (8124)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Mexico (Chiapas) T. bella (79943)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (New Jersey) T. lata (91760)
Lutetian - Priabonian47.8 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) T. lata (1432 1434)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) T. simulata (42636)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) T. lata (3531 91097 91098 91099 92393 99632 178662)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) T. lata (205501)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) T. lata (3503 3504 81266 91089 98272 98387 99760 205489)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy Actaeon simulatus (78565 78617)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Belgium T. simulata (3715)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Peru (Piura) Tornatellaea indet. (55431)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) T. lata (6802)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Bulgaria (Burgas) T. simulata (85445 102230)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany T. simulata (95898)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) T. sp. (5612 5779)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (North Carolina) T. sp. (4880)