Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: Animalia |
| Phylum: Mollusca |
| Class: Gastropoda |
| Order: Caenogastropoda incertae sedis |
| Family: Turritellidae |
| Genus: Turritella |
| Species: Turritella pontoni Mansfield, 1931 |
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Geological Range
Paleogeographic Distribution
Stratigraphic Occurrences
| Bermont Formation [Questionable/rare] |
| Caloosahatchee Formation [Uncommon] |
| Nashua Formation [Questionable/rare] |
| Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) [Common] |
Remarks
Common name: n/a
Synonymy: n/a
Type specimen, locality, and stratum: n/a
Other voucher specimens: n/a
Descriptions:
Original Description (from Mansfield, 1939, p. 47):
“Turritella pontoni Mansfield was described from a sand of upper Miocene age at a locality 42 miles west of Miami, Florida. The material consists of rather poorly preserved large specimens. A carina is present on the lower third of each whorl and the whorl is less depressed medially than the specimen referred to T. aff. T. cartagenensis Pilsbry and Brown.
Horizon and occurrence. – Buckingham limestone; quite common at Buckingham; station 14075, dredged from the Caloosahatchee River, one mile below Olga.”
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Measurements: n/a
Other remarks: n/a
References: n/a
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Page history:
Some of the content on this page was originally published on the Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life on August 17, 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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