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Turbinella

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Turbinella is a genus of very large sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinellidae.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbinella, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	9361254	https://www.gbif.org/species/9361254
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	11806	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=11806

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Turbinellidae : Turbinella

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Prosobranchia	Milne-Edwards 1848
superorder	Caenogastropoda	Cox 1959
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Muricoidea	de Costa 1776
family	Turbinellidae	Swainson 1840
subfamily	Turbinellinae	Swainson 1840
genus	Turbinella	Lamarck 1799

Scientific Name

Turbinella Lamarck, 1799

Name Published In

Lamarck, J. B. P. A. de M. de. 1799. Prodrome d’une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères génériques, et l’établissement d’un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. Mémoires de la Société d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris 1: 63-91.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Turbinella	genus	belongs to Turbinellidae	stated without evidence	Lamarck, 1801
Turbinella	genus	belongs to Turbinellinae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1984
Turbinella	genus	belongs to Turbinellidae	stated with evidence	Todd, 2001
Turbinella	genus	belongs to Neogastropoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Turbinella	genus	belongs to Turbinellinae	stated with evidence	Harzhauser, 2004
Turbinella	genus	belongs to Turbinellidae	stated without evidence	Beu, 2005
Turbinella	genus	belongs to Turbinellinae	stated with evidence	Landau and Marques da Silva, 2010

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

5 (13%)

First Recorded Appearance

458 - 456 Ma
Ordovician

Motility

actively mobile (based on Turbinellidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Turbinellidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Common Name(s)

Chank Shells

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbinella

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Turbinella (Mangkalia) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)
Xancus (Eoxancus) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)
Cassis martini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fusus episomus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Turbinella acutangulatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Turbinella affinis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	23.0 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Zidona dufresnei species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Turbinella baculus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Turbinella brasilianus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		5	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Turbinella castanea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Turbinella chipolana species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Turbinella crenulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Turbinella demissa species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Turbinella episoma ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		8	33.9 Ma Oligocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Turbinella episomus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Turbinella falconensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		35	23.0 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Turbinella fusus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Turbinella gratus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Turbinella hermani ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Turbinella hoerlei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Turbinella junghuhni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Turbinella laevigata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Turbinella laffertyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Turbinella magdalenensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Turbinella mauryae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Turbinella maya species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Turbinella mccalliei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Turbinella mekranica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Turbinella pilsbryi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Turbinella polygonata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Turbinella ponderosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Turbinella praelaevigata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	11.6 Ma Miocene	7.25 Ma Miocene
Turbinella praelavigata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	7.25 Ma Miocene	7.25 Ma Miocene
Turbinella praetextilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	20.4 Ma Miocene	7.25 Ma Miocene
Turbinella premekranica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	28.1 Ma Oligocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Turbinella prisca species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Turbinella pyrum species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Turbinella rapa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Turbinella regina species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	3.60 Ma Pliocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Turbinella rembangensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Turbinella reticulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Turbinella scolymoides species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Turbinella scopulus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Turbinella spinosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Turbinella stokesii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Turbinella trinitatis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		5	11.6 Ma Miocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Turbinella truncata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Turbinella tuberculata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Turbinella vexillum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Turbinella wheeleri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Turbinella wilsoni species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	37.2 Ma Eocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Turbinellus affinis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Turbinellus validus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		27	23.0 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Xancus amazonianum species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Xancus buccina species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	28.4 Ma Oligocene	28.4 Ma Oligocene
Xancus falconensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Xancus gratus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Xancus magdalenensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Xancus paytensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	48.6 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Xancus peruvianus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	41.3 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Xancus rembangensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Xancus rex species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Xancus scopulus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Xancus talarensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	48.6 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Xancus trinitatis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Turbinilla	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Turbinellidae : *Turbinilla*
Turbinellus Lamarck, 1801	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Turbinellidae : *Turbinellus*
Buccinella Perry, 1811	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Turbinellidae : *Buccinella*
Turbenella Carpenter, 1864	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Turbinellidae : *Turbenella*
Xancus Röding, 1798	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Turbinellidae : *Xancus*
Xanius Tryon, 1882	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Turbinellidae : *Xanius*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1798	Xancus Röding
1799	Turbinella Lamarck
1801	Turbinellus Lamarck
1947	Xancus Gardner p. 439
1953	Xancus Olsson and Harbison p. 195
1957	Xancus Rivera p. 185
1958	Xancus DuBar p. 190
1964	Xancus Woodring p. 285

Year	Name and Author
1984	Turbinella Vokes p. 51
2001	Turbinella Todd
2002	Turbinella Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Xancus Sepkoski, Jr.
2004	Turbinella Harzhauser p. 138
2005	Turbinella Beu p. 152
2010	Turbinella Landau and Marques da Silva p. 68

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Gardner J. R. (1947) The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 142A-H, 1-709

Olsson A. A., Harbison A. (1953) Pliocene Mollusca of Southern Florida, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Monograph 8, 1-457

Rivera R. (1957) Moluscos fosiles de la Formacion Paracas, Dpto. de Ica, Sociedad Geologica del Peru Primer Congreso Nacional de Geologia Anales - Parte II 32, 165-219

DuBar J. R (1958) Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Late Neogene strata of the Caloosahatchee River area of southern Florida, Florida Geological Survey Bulletin 40, 1-267

Woodring W. P. (1964) Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Columbellidae to Volutidae)., United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306 C, 241-297

Vokes E. H. (1984) A new species of Turbinella (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Pliocene of Mexico, with a revision of the geologic history of the line, Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 18 1-2, 47-60

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections

Harzhauser M. (2004) Oligocene gastropod faunas for the Eastern Mediterranean (Mesohellenic Trough/Greece and Esfahan-Sirjan Basin/Central Iran), Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 248, 93-181

Beu A. G. (2005) Neogene fossil tonnoidean gastropods of Indonesia, Scripta Geologica 130, 1-186

Landau B., Marques da Silva C. (2010) Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy, Palaeontos 19, 1-221

Millard, V., 1997: null. Classification of Mollusca: A classification of world wide Mollusca. 1-544. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 489 Validation under the Plenary Powers of the generic name Turbinella Lamarck, 1799 (class Gastropoda), as the name for the Sacred Chank Shell of India.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 17(11), 155-178 (1957) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 1: 63-91. - via World Register of Marine Species

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Boss, 1982 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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