Interesting Facts
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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.
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
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- 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:
conica
- Scientific name: - Turritella conica
- Specific name:
conica
- Genus:
Turritella
(
- Subfamily:
Turritellinae
(
- Family:
Turritellidae
(
- Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
(
- Infraorder:
Discopoda
(
- Suborder:
Discopoda
(
- Order:
Sorbeoconcha
(
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
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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- A synopsis of the classification of the British Palæozoic rocks / by the Rev. Adam Sedgwick; With a systematic description of the British Palæozoic fossils in the Geological museum of the University of Cambridge, by Frederick McCoy. London: J.W. Parker and Son; [etc.]1855. url p. 303.
- Fauna of the Martinez Eocene of California / by Roy Ernest Dickerson. Berkeley, CA: University Press, 1914. url p. 113, p. 116, p. 84, p. 85, p. 86.
- International catalogue of scientific literature. LondonPublished for the International Council by the Royal Society of London1901-1920 url p. 140.
- Proceedings - California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 47.
- Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 184, p. 47.
- The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London. London [etc.] url p. 448.
- The Tertiary and Quaternary Pectens of California / Ralph Arnold. Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1906. url p. 12.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Identifiers
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 17491371
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2601574
