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Turritella
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Prosobranchia
Order:
Caenogastropoda
Superfamily:
Cerithiacea
Family:
Turritellidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Turritella LAMARCK, 1799
Type Species:
Turbo terebra LINNÉ, 1758
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Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Oligo.-Rec., SE.Asia-E.Indies-Japan; Mio., S.Eu.-N.Afr.-trop. & subtrop. Am.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Oligo.
Beginning International Stage:
Rupelian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
33.9
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Moderate to large, slender, whorls convex, neanic primary spirals starting in the order ab-apical-medial-adapical, outer lip arcuate, lateral sinus shallow, oblique, no basal sinus
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Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Prosobranchia
Order:
Caenogastropoda
Superfamily:
Cerithiacea
Family:
Turritellidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Turritella LAMARCK, 1799
Type Species:
Turbo terebra LINNÉ, 1758
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Oligo.-Rec., SE.Asia-E.Indies-Japan; Mio., S.Eu.-N.Afr.-trop. & subtrop. Am.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Oligo.
Beginning International Stage:
Rupelian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
33.9
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Moderate to large, slender, whorls convex, neanic primary spirals starting in the order ab-apical-medial-adapical, outer lip arcuate, lateral sinus shallow, oblique, no basal sinus