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Turboella acuticosta

Gastropoda - Rissoidae

Taxonomy
Turboella acuticosta was named by Sacco (1895) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Rissoa (Turbella) acuticosta by Strausz (1854); it was recombined as Rissoa acuticosta by Bohn-Havas (1973); it was recombined as Turboella (Turboella) acuticosta by Krach (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Rissoa (Turbella) acuticosta Strausz p. 11
1895Turboella acuticosta Sacco p. 23
1973Rissoa acuticosta Bohn-Havas p. 1105
1981Turboella (Turboella) acuticosta Krach p. 47
2002Turboella acuticosta Harzhauser p. 80

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyRissooideaGray 1847
familyRissoidaeGray 1847
genusTurboellaLeach in Gray 1847
speciesacuticostaSacco 1895

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Turboella acuticosta Sacco 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:55:20
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:55:20
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Badenian or 20.44000 to 12.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Austria Turboella acuticosta (77623 77624)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Turboella acuticosta (178108)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia Turboella acuticosta (73139)