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:
conoidea
- Lamarck 1799
- Scientific name: - Turritella conoidea Lamarck 1799
- Specific name:
conoidea
- Lamarck 1799
- 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)
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Further Reading
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- A history of British animals: exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, mollusca, and radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigeno by John Fleming. Edinburgh: Printed for Bell & Bradfute; 1828. url p. 304.
- A monograph of the British Palaeozoic Asterozoa London, Printed for the Palaeontographical Society, 1913 [i.e. 1914]-1965. url .
- History of British animals / by John Fleming. Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute; 1828. url p. 304.
- Illustrations of the fossil conchology of Great Britain and Ireland: with the description and localities of all the species / by Captain Thomas Brown. London: Smith, Elder, 1849. url p. 69.
- Magazine of natural history and journal of zoology, botany, mineralogy, geology and meteorology. London: printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1829-1837. url p. 465, p. 466, p. 91.
- Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society. London: Printed for the Palaeontographical Society, [1847?- url .
- Proceedings of the Geological Society of London. London: The Society, 1834-1845. url p. 126.
- Systematic list of the Frederick E. Edwards collection of British oligocene and eocene Mollusca in the British Museum (Natural History), with references to the type-specimens from similar horizons con LondonPrinted by order of the Trustees1891 url p. 206.
- The American journal of science and arts. New-Haven: S. Converse, url p. 44.
- The American journal of science. 1820 2 New Haven, Kline Geology Laboratory, Yale University. url p. 44.
- The London and Edinburgh philosophical magazine and journal of science. London: Richard and John E. Taylor, 1832-1840. url p. 406.
- The Magazine of natural history / conducted by Edward Charlesworth. [S.l.: s.n.], url p. 25, p. 421.
- The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London. London [etc.] url p. 229, p. 240, p. 257.
- The fossils of the South Downs: or, Illustrations of the geology of Sussex / by Gideon Mantell; the engravings executed by Mrs. Mantell, from drawings by the author. London: L. Relfe, 1822. url p. 326.
- The geology and fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous formations of Sussex by Frederick Dixon. London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1850. url , p. 101, p. 180, p. 181.
- The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or, Coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the earth / By James Sowerby. London: Printed by B. Meredith [etc.], 1812-[1846] url , , p. 243.
- Transactions of the Geological Society. London: [The Society], 1811-1856. url p. 172, p. 373.
Notes
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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 24, 2007:
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6480282
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16646306
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2517900
