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Turbo (Marmarostoma) radiatus

Gastropoda - Turbinidae

Taxonomy
Turbo radiatus was named by Gmelin (1791) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene-Recent; Indian Ocean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Turbo (Senectus) radiatus by Vredenburg (1928) and Abrard (1946); it was recombined as Turbo (Mormorostoma) radiatus by Iqbal (1980); it was recombined as Turbo (Marmarostoma) radiatus by Hendy (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. reticularis, T. thouvignoi, T. sanoi, T. yoshiharuyabei, T. hosodai

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1791Turbo radiatus Gmelin p. 3594
1928Turbo (Senectus) radiatus Vredenburg p. 404
1946Turbo (Senectus) radiatus Abrard p. 100
1980Turbo (Mormorostoma) radiatus Iqbal p. 34
2007Turbo (Marmarostoma) radiatus Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurbinidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyTurbininaeRafinesque 1815
genusTurboLinnaeus 1758
subgenusMarmarostoma(Swainson 1829)
speciesradiatus(Gmelin 1791)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: intermediateg
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: minorg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 10:38:22
Modified: 2009-03-16 12:38:22
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Abbott and Dance 1986, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Holocene or 33.90000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Pakistan Turbo radiatus (77450)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Pakistan Turbo radiatus (77159)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Sudan Turbo radiatus (101414)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Eritrea Turbo radiatus (101415)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Turbo radiatus (198579 198587)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Egypt Turbo radiatus (120129)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Turbo radiatus (96786 96787)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Egypt Turbo radiatus (120128)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Turbo radiatus (192719 192720) Turbo radiatus, Turbo radiatus (107972)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Vanuatu Turbo radiatus (77907)