Turritella

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Turritella
Temporal range: Late Jurassic–recent
Turritella shells in Vienna Natural History Museum - IZE-2290a.jpg
Shells of different Turritella species
Turritellatricarinata.jpg
Fossil shells of Turritella cingulifera from the Pliocene of Cyprus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Turritellidae
Genus: Turritella
Lamarck, 1799 [2]
Synonyms [3]
  • ColpospirellaPowell, 1951
  • Haustator (Kurosioia)Ida, 1952
  • ProtoBlainville, 1824 (Invalid: junior homonym of Proto Leach, 1814 [Crustacea])
  • TorculaGray, 1847
  • Turritella (Eglisia)Gray, 1847
  • Turritella (Haustator)Montfort, 1810
  • Turritella (Mesalia)Gray, 1847
  • † Turritella (Tomyris)Michailovskij, 1912 †· accepted, alternate representation
  • Turritella (Torcula) Gray, 1847
  • Turritella (Zaria)Gray, 1847
  • ZariaGray, 1847

Turritella is a genus of medium-sized sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turritellidae. [3]

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They have tightly coiled shells, whose overall shape is basically that of an elongated cone.

The name Turritella comes from the Latin word turritus meaning "turreted" or "towered" and the diminutive suffix -ella. [4]

Species

Valid

Valid species within the genus Tarantella are listed below. Fossil species are marked with a dagger "†".

A medium sized sea snail in a genus India Seashell1.jpg
A medium sized sea snail in a genus India

Invalid

Numerous shells of a Turritella species washed up on the beach at Playa Grande, Costa Rica Sea shells, playa grande, costa rica.jpg
Numerous shells of a Turritella species washed up on the beach at Playa Grande, Costa Rica
Detail of a fossilized Turritella tricarinata Turritella tricarinata, Empoli, Italia, 2021-01-15, DD 641-680 FS.jpg
Detail of a fossilized Turritella tricarinata

These are species assigned to Turritella that were brought into synonymy with other taxa:

Fossil species

Fossil specimens of Turritella incrassata Turritella incrassata.jpg
Fossil specimens of Turritella incrassata

The genus is known from the Cretaceous to the Recent periods. [89]

The shells are quite frequently found as fossils, and the carbonate stone made from large quantities of Turritella shells is often referred to as "Turritella limestone", or, if silicified, "Turritella agate". Both varieties of this stone are commonly sold as polished cabochons.

"Turritella agate"

Turritella agate, in which the fossils are a different genus "Turritella Agate" (chertified fossiliferous lacustrine limestone) (Laney Member, Green River Formation, Middle Eocene; North Barrel Springs Draw, south of Wamsutter, Wyoming, USA) 1 (25059349499).jpg
Turritella agate, in which the fossils are a different genus

One variety of "Turritella agate", that from the Green River Formation in Wyoming, is a fossiliferous rock which does indeed contain numerous high-spired snail shells. However, contrary to the common name, these snails are not in the marine genus Turritella, instead they are freshwater snails in the species Elimia tenera , family Pleuroceridae from the Eocene epoch. [90] The rock in which these snail shells are so abundant varies from a soft sandstone to a dense chalcedony. This dense silicified rock is popular with gem and mineral hobbyists, as well as with New Age practitioners.

Turritellenplatte

The Erminger Turritellenplatte ("Turritella plate of Ermingen") near Ulm, Germany [91] is a rocky outcrop situated in the northern part of the North Alpine Foreland Basin. It is famous for its superabundance of Turritella turris shells within its sediments [92] and dates from the Burdigalian.

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  5. ↑ Turritella acropora (Dall, 1889) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  6. ↑ Turritella albolapis Finlay, 1924 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  7. ↑ Turritella algida Melvill & Standen, 1912 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  8. ↑ Turritella anactor Berry, 1957 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  9. ↑ Turritella annulata Kiener, 1843 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  10. ↑ Turritella attenuata Reeve, 1849 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  11. ↑ Turritella aurocincta Martens, 1875 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  12. ↑ Turritella bacillum Kiener, 1843 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  13. ↑ Turritella badensis at the online fossil gallery of Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo
  14. ↑ Turritella banksii Gray in Reeve, 1849 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  15. ↑ Turritella bayeri Petuch, 2001 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  16. ↑ Turritella bicingulata Lamarck, 1822 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  17. ↑ Turritella broderipiana d'Orbigny, 1840 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  18. ↑ Turritella capensis (Krauss, 1848) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  19. ↑ Turritella carinifera Lamarck, 1822 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  20. ↑ Turritella chordata Suter, 1908 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  21. ↑ Turritella chrysotoxa Tomlin, 1825 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  22. ↑ Turritella cingulifera G.B. Sowerby I, 1825 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  23. ↑ Turritella clarionensis Hertlein & Strong, 1951 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  24. ↑ Turritella cochlea Reeve, 1849 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  25. ↑ Turritella columnaris Kiener, 1843 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  26. ↑ Turritella communis Risso, 1826 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  27. ↑ Turritella concava Martens, 1880 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
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  29. ↑ Turritella conspersa Adams & Reeve, 1850 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  30. ↑ Turritella cooperi Carpenter, 1864 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 23 October 2021.
  31. ↑ Turritella cornea Lamarck, 1822 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  32. ↑ Turritella couteaudi Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
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  35. ↑ Turritella decipiens Monterosato, 1878 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  36. ↑ Turritella dirkhartogensis (Garrard, 1972) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  37. ↑ Turritella duplicata (Linnaeus, 1758) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  38. ↑ Turritella dura Mörch, 1860 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  39. ↑ Turritella elachista Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  40. ↑ Turritella exoleta (Linnaeus, 1758) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  41. ↑ Turritella fastigiata Adams & Reeve, 1850 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  42. ↑ Turritella ferruginea Reeve , 1849 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  43. ↑ Turritella fultoni Melvill & Standen, 1901 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  44. ↑ Turritella fuscomaculata Bozzetti, 2009 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  45. ↑ Turritella gemmata Reeve, 1849 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  46. ↑ Turritella gonostoma Valenciennes, 1832 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  47. ↑ Turritella hastula Reeve, 1849 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  48. ↑ Turritella hookeri Reeve, 1849 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  49. ↑ Turritella incisa Reeve, 1849 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  50. ↑ Turritella knysnaensis Krauss, 1848 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  51. ↑ Turritella leeuwinensis (Garrard, 1972) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  52. ↑ Turritella lentiginosa Reeve, 1849 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  53. ↑ Turritella leucostoma Valenciennes, 1832 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  54. ↑ Turritella ligar Deshayes, 1843 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  55. ↑ Turritella lindae (Petuch, 1987) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  56. ↑ Turritella lyonsi Garcia, 2006 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  57. ↑ Turritella maculata Reeve, 1849 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  58. ↑ Turritella marianopsis Petuch, 1990 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
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  60. ↑ Turritella monilifera Adams & Reeve, 1850 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  61. ↑ Turritella monterosatoi Kobelt, 1887 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  62. ↑ Turritella nebulosa Kiener, 1843 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  63. ↑ Turritella nodulosa King & Broderip, 1832 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  64. ↑ Turritella praetermissa (Dautzenberg, 1912) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  65. ↑ Turritella punctata Kiener, 1843 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  66. ↑ Turritella radula Kiener, 1843 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  67. ↑ Turritella rubescens Reeve, 1849 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  68. ↑ Turritella sanguinea Reeve, 1849 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  69. ↑ Turritella terebra (Linnaeus, 1758) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
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  72. ↑ Turritella torulosa Kiener, 1843 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  73. ↑ Turritella triplicata Philippi, 1836 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  74. ↑ Turritella turbona Monterosato, 1877 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  75. ↑ Turritella ungulina (Linnaeus, 1758) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  76. ↑ Turritella variegata (Linnaeus, 1758) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  77. ↑ Turritella vermicularis (Brocchi, 1814) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  78. ↑ "†Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834 (turret shell)". The Paleobiology Database, accessed 40 January 2010.
  79. ↑ Turritella wareni Ryall & Vos, 2010 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  80. ↑ Turritella willetti McLean, 1970 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  81. ↑ Turritella yucatecana (Dall, 1881) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  82. ↑ Turritella auricincta Martens, 1875 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  83. ↑ Turritella cingulata Sowerby, 1825 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  84. ↑ Turritella fortilirata G. B. Sowerby III, 1914 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  85. ↑ Turritella gracillima Gould, 1860 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  86. ↑ Turritella meta Reeve, 1849 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  87. ↑ Turritella nzimaorum Ryall & Vos, 2010 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 May 2010.
  88. ↑ "Haustator Montfort, 1810". OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database, accessed 10 January 2011.
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