Turritella (Torcula) variabilis

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
TorculaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Turritellidae
Life habit
semi-infaunalPBDB, for Turritellidae
Motility
facultatively mobilePBDB, for Turritellidae
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Gastropoda

Time the record covers

At least 12 million years on record.

The record covers at least 15.98 Mya to 3.6 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 20.45 Mya to 2.58 Mya.

Miocene — about 13 of 16 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 3 of 16 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 0 of 16 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences20–20 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences18–18 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences17–17 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences15–15 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 2 occurrences13–13 Mya — about 2 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 2 occurrences12–12 Mya — about 2 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences10–9.6 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences9.6–9.0 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences9.0–8.4 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences8.4–7.7 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences7.7–7.1 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences5.9–5.2 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences5.2–4.6 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences4.6–4.0 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences4.0–3.3 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences3.3–2.7 Mya — about 1 occurrence2.7–2.1 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences15.98 Mya3.6 Mya20.9 Mya2.1 Mya

16 occurrences of Turritella (Torcula) variabilis on record, most of them in the Miocene. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

16 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

6 formations

Choptank — 38.39°N, 76.57°WChoptank — 38.41°N, 76.48°WChoptank — 38.62°N, 76.12°WChoptank — 38.52°N, 76.51°WChoptank — 38.38°N, 76.38°WCalvert — 38.63°N, 76.51°WTamiami — 26.70°N, 80.99°WTamiami — 26.67°N, 80.94°WSt Marys — 38.36°N, 76.39°WSaint Marys — 38.17°N, 76.44°WRaysor Marl — 33.10°N, 80.67°W

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The named rock units Turritella (Torcula) variabilis has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed.

Turritella (Torcula) variabilis and its relatives

Miocene

Where Turritella (Torcula) variabilis and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

203 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 15 sites for Turritella (Torcula) variabilis, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

4 references

Each of the 16 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

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What may have been alongside itTorcula through timeFormations of the MioceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Conrad 1830)