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Turritriton
| Description | Turritriton is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cymatiidae. This is often still regarded merely as a subgenus of the genus Cymatium. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turritriton, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cymatiidae : Turritriton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Ranellidae : Turritriton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Turritriton Dall, 1904 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Smithson. Misc. Coll., 47 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 4 (80%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 41.3 - 38.0 Ma Eocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Ranellidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Ranellidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turritriton |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Tritonium domingense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Turritriton domingense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Turritriton domingensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 17 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 3.60 Ma Pliocene | |
| Turritriton gibbosus species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 11.6 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Turritriton kobelti species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Turritriton labiosus species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 3.60 Ma Pliocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Turritriton tenuiliratus species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 11.6 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Turritriton vespaceum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Particymatium Iredale, 1936 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cymatiidae : Particymatium |
| Tritoniscus Dall, 1904 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cymatiidae : Tritoniscus |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1904 | Tritoniscus Dall |
| 1904 | Turritriton Dall p. 133 |
| 1936 | Particymatium Iredale p. 307 |
| 1992 | Turritriton Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 116 |
| 2001 | Cymatium (Turritriton) Todd |
| 2002 | Turritriton Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2005 | Cymatium (Turritriton) Beu p. 100 |
| 2008 | Cymatium (Turritriton) Landau et al. p. 455 |
| 2010 | Turritriton Beu p. 192 |
| 2010 | Turritriton Landau and Marques da Silva p. 54 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
