Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Boring Turretsnail
Description
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Family Turritellidae
With both axial ribs and spiral ridges (the intersections of these sometimes form beads ), or with spiral ridges only.
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -97 meters (0 to -318 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
()
- Cox, 1960
- Order:
Sorbeoconcha
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Suborder:
Discopoda
()
- P. Fischer, 1884
- Infraorder:
Discopoda
()
- Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
()
- C.A. Fleming, 1822
- Family:
Turritellidae
()
- S.L. Lovén, 1847
- Turret Snails
- Subfamily:
Turritellinae
()
- Genus:
Turritella
()
- J.B.P.A. de Lamarck, 1799
- Specific name:
acropora
- Dall, 1889
- Scientific name: - Turritella acropora Dall, 1889
- Specific name:
acropora
- Dall, 1889
- Genus:
Turritella
(
- Subfamily:
Turritellinae
(
- Family:
Turritellidae
(
- Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
(
- Infraorder:
Discopoda
(
- Suborder:
Discopoda
(
- Order:
Sorbeoconcha
(
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Turritella
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species and subspecies in this genus:
T. acropora (Boring Turretsnail) · T. communis (Common Turret-Shell) · T. cooperi (Symmetrical Turretsnail) · T. exoleta (Eastern Turretsnail) · T. orthosymmetrica (Symmetrical Turretsnail) · T. variegata (Variegate Turretsnail)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- American seashells. With illus. by Frederick M. Bayer. New York, Van Nostrand[1954] url , p. 141.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 100, p. 425.
- Bulletin from the laboratories of natural history of the State University of Iowa. Iowa City, Iowa: The University, 1888-[1918]. url .
- Bulletins of American paleontology. 9 Ithaca, N.Y., Paleontological Research Institution [etc.] url p. 480.
- Studies in natural history. Iowa City, Ia. url p. 25.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 13, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- Academy of Natural Sciences: Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: NBI
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2683897
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-71310
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 71310
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 506927
Footnotes
- Mean = -25.090 meters (-82.316 feet), Standard Deviation = 36.070 based on 11 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
