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Turritella ambulacrum

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Turritella ambulacrum Sowerby
1999Turritella ambulacrum Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 45
2001Turritella ambulacrum Chiesa and Camacho p. 306

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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
speciesambulacrumSowerby 1846

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 ambulacrum Sowerby 1846
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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 Oligocene to the top of the Middle Miocene or 33.90000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.2 - 28.4Argentina (Santa Cruz) Turritella ambulacrum (42491 52859)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Argentina Turritella ambulacrum (66146 71596 71597 71600)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Argentina (Santa Cruz) Turritella ambulacrum (48068)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Argentina Turritella ambulacrum (45887)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Argentina Turritella ambulacrum (71403 71404 71427 71428 71429 71430 71539 71540 71541 71542 71543)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Chile Turritella ambulacrum (78425 78426 78427 78429 78522 78523 78552)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Argentina Turritella ambulacrum (65186)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Chile Turritella ambulacrum (78521)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Argentina Turritella ambulacrum (71425 71426)