Turritellidae

Turritellidae, with the common name tower shells or tower snails, is a taxonomic family of small- to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the Sorbeoconcha clade.

Turritellidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
turret shellPBDB
Sits inside
CerithioideaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB
Life habit
semi-infaunalPBDB
Motility
facultatively mobilePBDB
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Gastropoda

Time the record covers

At least 241 million years on record.

The record covers at least 241.464 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 247 Mya to 0 Mya.

Early Triassic — about 0 of 8279 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 5 of 8279 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 18 of 8279 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 3 of 8279 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 1 of 8279 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 5 of 8279 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 134 of 8279 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 1535 of 8279 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 953 of 8279 occurrencesEocene — about 2169 of 8279 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 445 of 8279 occurrencesMiocene — about 2010 of 8279 occurrencesPliocene — about 565 of 8279 occurrencesPleistocene — about 420 of 8279 occurrences252–244 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences244–235 Mya — about 8 occurrences235–227 Mya — about 6 occurrences227–218 Mya — about 3 occurrences218–210 Mya — about 2 occurrences210–202 Mya — about 4 occurrences202–193 Mya — about 3 occurrences176–168 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences168–160 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences160–151 Mya — about 3 occurrences151–143 Mya — about 3 occurrences143–134 Mya — about 9 occurrences134–126 Mya — about 8 occurrences126–118 Mya — about 19 occurrences118–109 Mya — about 38 occurrences109–101 Mya — about 59 occurrences101–92 Mya — about 140 occurrences92–84 Mya — about 80 occurrences84–76 Mya — about 184 occurrences76–67 Mya — about 932 occurrences67–59 Mya — about 835 occurrences59–50 Mya — about 684 occurrences50–42 Mya — about 741 occurrences42–34 Mya — about 1074 occurrences34–25 Mya — about 328 occurrences25–17 Mya — about 864 occurrences17–8.4 Mya — about 996 occurrences8.4–0 Mya — about 1257 occurrences241.464 Mya11.7 ka252 Mya0 Mya

8,279 occurrences of Turritellidae on record, most of them in the Eocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. 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

8,279 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

809 formations

Prairie Bluff — 34.63°N, 88.84°WPrairie Bluff — 34.50°N, 88.94°WPrairie Bluff — 34.25°N, 88.97°WPrairie Bluff — 34.24°N, 89.00°WPrairie Bluff — 33.90°N, 88.98°WPrairie Bluff — 33.79°N, 88.97°WPrairie Bluff — 33.79°N, 88.91°WPrairie Bluff — 33.73°N, 88.91°WPrairie Bluff — 33.52°N, 88.84°WPrairie Bluff — 33.38°N, 88.74°WPrairie Bluff — 33.07°N, 88.61°WPrairie Bluff — 33.05°N, 88.56°WPrairie Bluff — 32.91°N, 88.51°WPrairie Bluff — 34.48°N, 88.98°WPrairie Bluff — 32.67°N, 88.29°WPrairie Bluff — 32.74°N, 88.36°WPrairie Bluff — 32.70°N, 88.17°WPrairie Bluff — 32.61°N, 88.24°WPrairie Bluff — 32.49°N, 88.10°WPrairie Bluff — 32.43°N, 88.04°WPrairie Bluff — 32.39°N, 87.92°WPrairie Bluff — 32.23°N, 87.50°WPrairie Bluff — 32.14°N, 87.42°WPrairie Bluff — 32.07°N, 87.33°WPrairie Bluff — 32.04°N, 87.26°WPrairie Bluff — 32.08°N, 87.03°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.99°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.81°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.81°WPrairie Bluff — 31.97°N, 86.72°WPrairie Bluff — 32.00°N, 86.48°WPrairie Bluff — 31.98°N, 86.00°WPrairie Bluff — 31.98°N, 85.92°WPrairie Bluff — 33.61°N, 88.65°WPrairie Bluff — 34.25°N, 90.00°WProvidence — 31.91°N, 86.17°WProvidence — 31.87°N, 86.08°WProvidence — 31.97°N, 86.00°WProvidence — 31.86°N, 85.95°WProvidence — 31.92°N, 85.82°WProvidence — 31.89°N, 85.70°WProvidence — 31.95°N, 85.68°WProvidence — 31.92°N, 85.35°WProvidence — 31.84°N, 85.22°WProvidence — 31.78°N, 85.14°WProvidence — 31.75°N, 85.12°WProvidence — 31.80°N, 85.00°WProvidence — 31.96°N, 85.45°WProvidence — 31.89°N, 85.21°WCook Mountain — 31.29°N, 86.56°WCook Mountain — 31.31°N, 86.48°WCook Mountain — 30.53°N, 96.69°WCook Mountain — 31.25°N, 95.73°WCook Mountain — 31.75°N, 92.97°WCook Mountain — 32.32°N, 89.03°WCook Mountain — 32.17°N, 88.83°WCook Mountain — 32.32°N, 89.16°WCook Mountain — 32.04°N, 88.73°WCook Mountain — 32.35°N, 92.72°WCook Mountain — 32.10°N, 88.86°WCook Mountain — 31.85°N, 88.25°WCook Mountain — 31.82°N, 88.09°WCook Mountain — 31.54°N, 87.52°WCook Mountain — 32.36°N, 92.98°WCook Mountain — 30.62°N, 96.53°WCook Mountain — 30.90°N, 96.39°WCook Mountain — 28.92°N, 98.55°WCook Mountain — 30.67°N, 96.37°WCook Mountain — 31.27°N, 95.61°WCook Mountain — 30.36°N, 96.82°WCook Mountain — 31.40°N, 93.71°WCook Mountain — 32.79°N, 93.06°WCook Mountain — 30.65°N, 96.32°WCook Mountain — 30.63°N, 96.33°WCook Mountain — 32.51°N, 92.12°WCook Mountain — 31.32°N, 95.46°WCook Mountain — 32.62°N, 93.29°WCook Mountain — 26.91°N, 99.27°WCook Mountain — 30.02°N, 97.07°WCook Mountain — 31.14°N, 95.92°WCook Mountain — 31.19°N, 95.84°WCook Mountain — 31.35°N, 95.52°WCook Mountain — 31.20°N, 95.73°WCook Mountain — 30.63°N, 96.55°WCook Mountain — 31.11°N, 96.28°WCook Mountain — 31.36°N, 95.42°WCook Mountain — 30.07°N, 97.08°WCastilletes — 11.85°N, 71.33°WCastilletes — 11.93°N, 71.34°WCastilletes — 11.97°N, 71.29°WCastilletes — 11.92°N, 71.36°WGatun — 9.34°N, 79.81°WGatun — 9.35°N, 79.81°WGatun — 9.35°N, 79.85°WGatun — 9.27°N, 79.92°WGatun — 9.28°N, 79.97°WGatun — 9.17°N, 80.00°WGatun — 9.12°N, 80.33°WSanta Susana — 34.11°N, 118.57°WSanta Susana — 34.30°N, 118.66°WSanta Susana — 34.24°N, 118.72°WSanta Susana — 34.08°N, 118.54°WSanta Susana — 34.22°N, 118.81°WVaqueros — 34.04°N, 120.04°WVaqueros — 33.96°N, 120.07°WVaqueros — 33.54°N, 117.78°WVaqueros — 33.68°N, 117.76°WVaqueros — 33.65°N, 117.81°WVaqueros — 33.77°N, 117.89°WVaqueros — 33.70°N, 117.71°WVaqueros — 33.64°N, 117.59°WVaqueros — 34.33°N, 118.83°WVaqueros — 34.38°N, 118.95°WVaqueros — 34.30°N, 117.49°WVaqueros — 33.77°N, 117.78°WVaqueros — 35.26°N, 120.54°WVaqueros — 34.09°N, 118.43°WVaqueros — 34.54°N, 118.90°WVaqueros — 34.33°N, 119.03°WVaqueros — 33.93°N, 120.05°WVaqueros — 33.94°N, 120.06°WVaqueros — 34.09°N, 119.04°WVaqueros — 34.07°N, 119.66°WVaqueros — 34.04°N, 118.88°WVaqueros — 34.06°N, 118.85°WVaqueros — 34.07°N, 118.71°WVaqueros — 34.06°N, 118.91°WVaqueros — 34.37°N, 118.82°WVaqueros — 34.32°N, 119.08°WVaqueros — 34.36°N, 118.94°WVaqueros — 34.58°N, 118.91°WVaqueros — 34.57°N, 119.02°WVaqueros — 34.37°N, 119.33°WVaqueros — 34.44°N, 119.20°WVaqueros — 34.52°N, 120.43°WVaqueros — 34.57°N, 120.29°WVaqueros — 34.53°N, 120.31°WVaqueros — 34.58°N, 120.16°WVaqueros — 34.58°N, 120.14°WVaqueros — 35.27°N, 120.60°WVaqueros — 35.30°N, 120.15°WVaqueros — 35.31°N, 120.04°WVaqueros — 35.25°N, 120.06°WVaqueros — 35.34°N, 120.13°WVaqueros — 35.78°N, 121.06°WVaqueros — 35.77°N, 120.93°WVaqueros — 36.07°N, 121.28°WVaqueros — 36.18°N, 121.31°WMoodys Branch — 32.85°N, 90.41°WMoodys Branch — 32.95°N, 90.17°WMoodys Branch — 32.23°N, 92.15°WMoodys Branch — 32.01°N, 92.00°WMoodys Branch — 32.33°N, 90.15°WMoodys Branch — 31.88°N, 88.69°WMoodys Branch — 31.88°N, 88.32°WMoodys Branch — 31.77°N, 88.33°WMoodys Branch — 31.55°N, 87.58°WMoodys Branch — 31.51°N, 87.89°WMoodys Branch — 31.40°N, 93.71°WMoodys Branch — 32.00°N, 92.08°WMoodys Branch — 31.39°N, 92.67°WMoodys Branch — 31.67°N, 92.89°WMoodys Branch — 33.96°N, 92.19°WMoodys Branch — 35.01°N, 90.79°WMoodys Branch — 31.97°N, 88.53°WMoodys Branch — 32.17°N, 88.83°WMoodys Branch — 32.98°N, 90.30°WMoodys Branch — 31.97°N, 91.90°WKincaid — 31.28°N, 96.98°WKincaid — 30.33°N, 97.37°WKincaid — 30.80°N, 96.95°WKincaid — 31.17°N, 96.83°WKincaid — 31.67°N, 96.47°WKincaid — 30.00°N, 97.60°WKincaid — 31.52°N, 96.53°WKincaid — 31.53°N, 96.83°WKincaid — 32.98°N, 95.93°WKincaid — 32.43°N, 96.22°WKincaid — 31.30°N, 96.88°WKincaid — 30.10°N, 97.30°WKincaid — 29.38°N, 99.02°WKincaid — 32.58°N, 96.30°WKincaid — 32.13°N, 87.40°WKincaid — 29.89°N, 97.67°WKincaid — 32.58°N, 96.18°WKincaid — 28.71°N, 100.50°WKincaid — 31.05°N, 96.83°WKincaid — 30.13°N, 97.47°WKincaid — 31.22°N, 96.91°WKincaid — 34.63°N, 92.44°WKincaid — 31.31°N, 96.63°WKincaid — 33.14°N, 96.11°WKincaid — 30.23°N, 97.52°WKincaid — 29.80°N, 97.65°WKincaid — 29.21°N, 99.79°WKincaid — 28.53°N, 100.23°WKincaid — 29.35°N, 98.99°WKincaid — 29.16°N, 99.57°WKincaid — 31.55°N, 96.63°WKincaid — 31.29°N, 96.72°WLlajas — 34.24°N, 118.76°WLlajas — 34.31°N, 118.69°WLlajas — 34.32°N, 118.63°WLisbon — 31.53°N, 87.60°WLisbon — 31.84°N, 88.25°WLisbon — 31.50°N, 87.80°WLisbon — 31.76°N, 88.10°WLisbon — 31.30°N, 86.48°WLisbon — 31.87°N, 88.32°WLisbon — 31.70°N, 88.28°WLisbon — 31.32°N, 86.73°WLisbon — 31.02°N, 85.85°WLisbon — 32.32°N, 89.16°WLisbon — 31.54°N, 87.52°WLisbon — 31.82°N, 88.24°WLisbon — 31.55°N, 87.91°WRipley — 31.79°N, 85.13°WRipley — 34.73°N, 88.95°WRipley — 34.49°N, 89.01°WRipley — 34.25°N, 90.00°WRipley — 35.23°N, 88.61°WRipley — 32.05°N, 86.78°WRipley — 35.32°N, 88.42°WRipley — 34.39°N, 88.89°WRipley — 33.86°N, 96.83°WRipley — 35.29°N, 88.60°WCorsicana Marl — 33.53°N, 94.51°WCorsicana Marl — 33.10°N, 95.99°WCorsicana Marl — 32.86°N, 96.21°WCorsicana Marl — 32.85°N, 96.21°WCorsicana Marl — 32.76°N, 96.28°WCorsicana Marl — 32.59°N, 96.32°WCorsicana Marl — 32.06°N, 96.47°WCorsicana Marl — 31.82°N, 96.54°WCorsicana Marl — 31.74°N, 96.61°WCorsicana Marl — 31.75°N, 96.61°WCorsicana Marl — 31.52°N, 96.58°WCorsicana Marl — 31.40°N, 96.74°WCorsicana Marl — 31.12°N, 96.82°WCorsicana Marl — 30.94°N, 96.95°WCorsicana Marl — 30.37°N, 97.46°WCorsicana Marl — 30.37°N, 97.45°WCorsicana Marl — 30.30°N, 97.46°WCorsicana Marl — 30.23°N, 97.52°WCorsicana Marl — 30.19°N, 97.61°WCorsicana Marl — 29.95°N, 97.71°WCorsicana Marl — 29.83°N, 97.84°WCorsicana Marl — 29.62°N, 98.06°WCorsicana Marl — 29.63°N, 98.04°WCorsicana Marl — 29.63°N, 98.54°WCorsicana Marl — 29.49°N, 98.19°WCorsicana Marl — 29.44°N, 98.56°WCorsicana Marl — 29.48°N, 98.81°WCorsicana Marl — 31.30°N, 96.90°WGosport Sand — 31.52°N, 87.90°WGosport Sand — 31.54°N, 87.52°WGosport Sand — 32.68°N, 83.42°WGosport Sand — 31.50°N, 87.80°WGosport Sand — 31.57°N, 87.58°WGosport Sand — 31.53°N, 87.57°WGosport Sand — 31.13°N, 87.93°WClayton — 31.83°N, 86.62°WClayton — 31.90°N, 86.88°WClayton — 30.71°N, 84.86°WClayton — 31.90°N, 87.07°WClayton — 31.99°N, 87.29°WClayton — 32.12°N, 87.26°WClayton — 31.89°N, 84.80°WClayton — 31.71°N, 85.61°WClayton — 31.93°N, 86.68°WClayton — 31.72°N, 86.26°WClayton — 31.99°N, 87.07°WClayton — 31.98°N, 87.22°WClayton — 37.18°N, 89.07°WClayton — 32.05°N, 86.78°WClayton — 31.53°N, 86.98°WClayton — 31.87°N, 85.43°WClayton — 32.13°N, 87.40°WClayton — 34.73°N, 88.95°WClayton — 34.25°N, 89.00°WClayton — 32.07°N, 84.54°WClayton — 31.61°N, 85.05°WClayton — 32.31°N, 84.03°WClayton — 35.06°N, 88.89°WClayton — 31.22°N, 96.91°WClayton — 33.70°N, 80.21°WClayton — 33.74°N, 80.46°WClayton — 33.60°N, 79.85°WClayton — 35.47°N, 91.41°WClayton — 34.65°N, 92.43°WClayton — 34.75°N, 92.29°WClayton — 35.42°N, 91.46°WEscondido — 29.59°N, 98.07°WEscondido — 29.34°N, 98.89°WEscondido — 29.29°N, 98.97°WEscondido — 29.38°N, 99.00°WEscondido — 29.27°N, 99.05°WEscondido — 29.25°N, 99.18°WEscondido — 29.23°N, 99.47°WEscondido — 29.10°N, 99.86°WEscondido — 29.08°N, 100.00°WEscondido — 29.06°N, 100.08°WEscondido — 29.03°N, 100.25°WEscondido — 28.87°N, 100.16°WEscondido — 28.97°N, 100.24°WEscondido — 28.72°N, 100.47°WEscondido — 28.71°N, 100.71°WEscondido — 28.59°N, 100.40°WEscondido — 28.55°N, 100.33°WEscondido — 28.52°N, 100.31°WEscondido — 28.60°N, 100.25°WEscondido — 28.61°N, 100.14°WEscondido — 28.26°N, 100.27°WTuscahoma — 31.82°N, 87.37°WTuscahoma — 31.83°N, 87.53°WTuscahoma — 32.08°N, 88.22°WTuscahoma — 31.33°N, 85.58°WTuscahoma — 31.85°N, 87.95°WTuscahoma — 31.85°N, 87.53°WTuscahoma — 32.06°N, 88.11°WTuscahoma — 31.54°N, 87.52°WTuscahoma — 31.40°N, 93.71°WTuscahoma — 31.74°N, 93.40°WJimol — 11.85°N, 71.33°WJimol — 11.94°N, 71.36°WJimol — 11.98°N, 71.31°WJimol — 11.96°N, 71.43°WPorters Creek — 32.12°N, 87.26°WPorters Creek — 31.99°N, 87.29°WPorters Creek — 31.93°N, 87.02°WPorters Creek — 31.98°N, 87.13°WPorters Creek — 32.20°N, 87.76°WPorters Creek — 32.12°N, 87.57°WPorters Creek — 32.03°N, 87.45°WPorters Creek — 31.97°N, 87.20°WPorters Creek — 32.23°N, 88.00°WPorters Creek — 31.02°N, 87.43°WPorters Creek — 31.92°N, 87.08°WPorters Creek — 32.13°N, 87.40°WPorters Creek — 32.24°N, 84.31°WPorters Creek — 31.22°N, 96.91°WPorters Creek — 32.44°N, 96.23°WPico — 33.94°N, 117.89°WPico — 34.37°N, 118.56°WPico — 34.43°N, 118.74°WPico — 34.33°N, 118.72°WPico — 34.34°N, 118.51°WPico — 34.35°N, 118.52°WChiwapa — 34.63°N, 88.85°WChiwapa — 34.60°N, 88.95°WChiwapa — 34.46°N, 88.90°WChiwapa — 34.38°N, 88.98°WChiwapa — 34.36°N, 88.93°WChiwapa — 34.21°N, 88.98°WAquia — 38.33°N, 77.27°WAquia — 37.29°N, 77.25°WAquia — 37.35°N, 77.25°WAquia — 37.80°N, 77.36°WAquia — 37.96°N, 77.35°WAquia — 38.17°N, 77.19°WAquia — 38.22°N, 77.28°WAquia — 38.34°N, 77.22°WAquia — 38.37°N, 77.30°WAquia — 38.82°N, 76.75°WAquia — 38.75°N, 76.98°WAquia — 38.71°N, 77.02°WAquia — 38.97°N, 76.76°WAquia — 38.90°N, 76.56°WAquia — 38.60°N, 77.14°WAquia — 38.46°N, 77.27°WAquia — 38.98°N, 76.49°WAquia — 38.43°N, 77.38°WAquia — 38.30°N, 77.46°WAquia — 38.50°N, 77.59°WLadd — 33.75°N, 117.68°WLadd — 33.72°N, 117.64°WLadd — 33.75°N, 117.65°WCaloosahatchee — 25.91°N, 81.36°WCaloosahatchee — 26.89°N, 82.01°WCaloosahatchee — 26.77°N, 81.15°WCaloosahatchee — 26.34°N, 80.86°WCaloosahatchee — 26.76°N, 81.44°WCaloosahatchee — 26.75°N, 81.51°WCaloosahatchee — 26.75°N, 80.93°WCaloosahatchee — 27.77°N, 82.68°WCaloosahatchee — 26.79°N, 81.30°WCaloosahatchee — 26.96°N, 81.99°WCaloosahatchee — 26.96°N, 81.17°W

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The named rock units Turritellidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 785 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 1,119 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Turritellidae and its relatives

Eocene

Where Turritellidae and its relatives were recorded in the Eocene.

Found in the same rock

1,985 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,037 sites for Turritellidae, and this reads 240 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

952 references

Each of the 8,279 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. 940 further references are not listed. 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.

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