Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: Animalia |
| Phylum: Mollusca |
| Class: Gastropoda |
| Order: Caenogastropoda incertae sedis |
| Family: Turritellidae |
| Genus: Torcula |
| Species: Torcula apicalis (Heilprin, 1886) |
Information
Geological Range
Paleogeographic Distribution
Stratigraphic Occurrences
| Bermont Formation [Common] |
| Caloosahatchee Formation [Common] |
| Jackson Bluff Formation [Questionable/rare] |
| Tamiami Formation [Questionable/rare] |
| Tamiami Formation (Ochopee Limestone) [Questionable/rare] |
| Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) [Common] |
Remarks
Common name: n/a
Synonymy:
Previously listed as Turritella apicalis on the Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life.
Type specimen, locality, and stratum: n/a
Other voucher specimens: n/a
Descriptions:
Original Description (from Heilprin, 1886, p. 88-89):
“Shell gracefully tapering, with an acute apex; whorls numerous, straight-sided, carinated above and below, the carinae about equally removed from the upper and lower sutures respectively, distinctly beaded; a prominent subsutural line, placed about medially on the shoulders of the whorls; the flattened space between the carinae with an obscurely beaded sub-median line, and numerous finer lines, which are almost invisible to the naked eye; the beads of the carinae oblique, and inclined in opposite directions, the upper ones downward to the right, the lower ones downward to the left; aperture quadrangular.
Length, 1.7 inches; width of base, .3 inch.
Caloosahatchie, abundant in the banks below Fort Thompson.”
Measurements: n/a
Other remarks: n/a
References: n/a
Online resources:
Page history:
Some of the content on this page was originally published on the Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life on August 14, 2015. It was developed by Jonathan R. Hendricks and colleagues and migrated here in 2026.
This page was last modified on October 28, 2026 by Jonathan R. Hendricks.
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