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Turricula promensis ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)111905https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=111905
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Clavatulidae : Turricula : Turricula promensis
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassProsobranchiaMilne-Edwards 1848
superorderCaenogastropodaCox 1959
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurridaeSwainson 1840
familyClavatulidae
genusTurriculaSchumacher 1817
speciesTurricula promensisVredenburg 1921
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Turricula promensisspeciesbelongs to Surculastated with evidenceVredenburg, 1921
Turricula promensisspeciesbelongs to Turriculastated with evidenceMukerjee, 1939
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance23.0 - 20.4 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Motilityactively mobile (based on Turridae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Turridae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. Vredenburg. 1921. Note on the marine fossils collected by Mr Pinfold in the Garo Hills. Records of the Geological Survey of India 51(3):303-337

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Turricula promensis silistrensis ✝
subspecies
listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1921Surcula promensis Vredenburg p. 304 figs. pl. 8, figs. 1-3
1939Turricula promensis Mukerjee p. 78

References

Vredenburg E. (1921) Note on the marine fossils collected by Mr Pinfold in the Garo Hills, Records of the Geological Survey of India 51 3, 303-337
Mukerjee P. N. (1939) Fossil fauna from the Tertiary of Garo Hills, Assam, Palaeontologia Indica 28 1, 1-101
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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