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Turriscala
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Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Epitoniidae : Turriscala | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Turriscala de Boury, 1890 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Bull. Soc. Malac. Ital., 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (50%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 140 - 133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | slow-moving (based on Epitoniidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Epitoniidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Epitoniidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Turriscala (Claviscala) subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 13 | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Turriscala (Kapua) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Turriscala cylindrella species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Turriscala discors species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Turriscala finlayi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Turriscala germanica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Turriscala kaiparaensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Turriscala powelli species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Turriscala shimajiriensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Turriscala torulosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1890 | Turriscala de Boury |
1960 | Turriscala MacNeil p. 43 |
2001 | Turriscala Wienrich p. 460 |
2002 | Turriscala Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!