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Turbo castanea Gmelin, 1791

Turbo castanea
Turbo castanea

Scientific Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Trochida
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Turbo
Species: Turbo castanea Gmelin, 1791

Information

Geological Range

Recent

Quaternary

Pleistocene

Neogene

Pliocene

Miocene

Paleogeographic Distribution

North Carolina

South Carolina

Florida

Cuba

Panama

Stratigraphic Occurrences

Jaimanitas Formation
Bermont Formation [Common]
Caloosahatchee Formation [Common]
Waccamaw Formation [Uncommon]
Jackson Bluff Formation [Common]
Tamiami Formation [Uncommon]
Tamiami Formation (Lower) [Questionable/rare]
Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) [Common]
Gatun Formation (Lower)

Remarks

Common name: n/a

Synonymy: n/a

Type specimen, locality, and stratum: n/a

Other voucher specimens: n/a

Descriptions: n/a

Measurements: n/a

Other remarks:

For information on the modern distribution of the species, see Malacolog and WoRMS.

References: n/a

Online resources:

WoRMS record 528089

Page history:

Some of the content on this page was originally published on the Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life on February 6, 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.

Media

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Turbo castanea from the Early Pleistocene Caloosahatchee Fm. of Hendry County, Florida (UF 24359).
Turbo castanea from the Early Pleistocene Caloosahatchee Fm. of Hendry County, Florida (UF 24359).
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