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Turbo festivus

Gastropoda - Turbinidae

Taxonomy
Turbo festivus was named by Anderson (1938). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS Loc. 1353, near the bridge on the North fork of Cottonwood Creek, which is in a Hauterivian marine siliciclastic in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Turbo festivus Anderson p. 128 figs. Plate 10,figure5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurbinidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyTurbininaeRafinesque 1815
genusTurboLinnaeus 1758
speciesfestivus

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.

Turbo festivus Anderson 1938
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: intermediateg
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: minorg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 10:38:22
Modified: 2009-03-16 12:38:22
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Abbott and Dance 1986, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Hauterivian or 132.90000 to 129.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4USA (California) Turbo festivus (type locality: 83590)
Hauterivian - Early/Lower Barremian132.9 - 125.45USA (California) Turbo festivus (216290 216291)