Turritella communis

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

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 the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of -7 meters (-24 feet).[1]

Biome: Coastal.

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 24-Jun-1996

Similar Species

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)

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Further Reading

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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 18, 2007:

• Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, A comparison of benthic biodiversity in the North Sea, English Channel and Celtic Seas
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, BioMar
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Historical quantitative benthos grab samples from the Southern Baltic Sea
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Histroical benthic dredge samples from the southern baltic and the North Sea
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, MedOBIS
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
• NLBIF, Zoological Museum Amsterdam - Noordzee
• The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility, Marine Benthic Fauna List, Læsø, Denmark
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Bugs
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Invertebrates
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland - Mollusc
• data for Great Britain and Ireland

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 501076
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-71309
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2279155
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 71309
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 506926

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 364.510 based on 1,836 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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