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Turritella andersoni

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Turritella andersoni was named by Dickerson (1916). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP 1817, Urruttia Canyon-Salt Creek, which is in a Ypresian deep-water shale in the Lodo Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Turritella andersoni Dickerson p. 501 figs. Plate 42, figures 9a, 9b
1917Turritella andersoni Waring p. 99 figs. Pl. 15, Fig. 18
1927Turritella andersoni Hanna pp. 306 - 307 figs. Plate 49, figures 3 and 9
1938Turritella andersoni Turner p. 83
1941Turritella andersoni Merriam pp. 76 - 77 figs. Plate 9, figures 1, 2 ; plate 10, figures 1, 3, 4, 5, 8; plate 12, figures 1, 2, 3
1984Turritella andersoni Squires p. 18 figs. Figure 6e
1987Turritella andersoni Squires p. 24 figs. 20, 21
1988Turritella andersoni Squires p. 10 figs. Figure 14
1992Turritella andersoni Squires and Demetrion p. 26
1999Turritella andersoni Squires p. 16
2008Turritella andersoni Squires p. 10

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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
speciesandersoni

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 andersoni Dickerson 1916
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Turritella andersoni lawsoni Dickerson 1916
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Middle Miocene or 55.80000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (99 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Oregon) Turritella andersoni (200806)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Mexico (Baja California Sur) Turritella lawsoni (5497)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Mexico (Baja California) Turritella andersoni (5499 5502)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Washington) Turritella andersoni (5544)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Turritella andersoni (51930 type locality: 122294 177614 178719 178749 193544 193545 193547 193548 193549 194164 201251 207309 207310 207311 207312 207313 207316 207318 207319 207320 207321 207326 207328 221113)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (California) Turritella andersoni (8014 8017 183752 200288 200289 200290 200291 200292 207165)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Oregon) Turritella andersoni (200898)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Mexico (Baja California) Turritella lawsoni (5498 5503)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Turritella andersoni (200899)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (California) Turritella andersoni (111552 111553)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2USA (California) Turritella andersoni (194433) Turritella lawsoni (32907)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.6 - 33.9USA (California) Turritella lawsoni (37928 37929 37931)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Oregon) Turritella andersoni (200870 200874 200876 200886 201033)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Turritella andersoni (5529 5531 5532 5541 5542 5543 8012 8013 51922 166460 180432 200712 200721 200726 200727 200838 200839 200843 200845 200846 200855 201201 201220 201235 201262 201694 201696 201699 201702 207151 207160 207166 207170 207173 207174 207175 207177 207185 207189) Turritella andersoni, Turritella lawsoni (200720) Turritella soledadensis (200714)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Washington) Turritella andersoni (43345)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (California) Turritella andersoni (193039)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (California) Turritella andersoni (159672)