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Turritella obruta Conrad, 1833 †

1472120  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1472120)

accepted
Species
Mesalia obruta (Conrad, 1833) † · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Conrad, T. A. (1832-1833). Fossil shells of the Tertiary formations of North America, illustrated by figures drawn on stone from nature. Philadelphia: Judah Dobson, W. P. Gibbons, Printer. Vol. 1(1): pp. [i]-viii + 9-20, pls 1-6 [1832]; Vol. 1(2): pp. 21-28, pls 7-14 [December 1832]; Vol. 1(3): pp. 29-38, no plates [August 1833]; Vol. 1(4): pp. 39-46, pls 15-20. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23521363
page(s): p. 45. [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Turritella obruta Conrad, 1833 †. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026) Marine Species Traits at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1472120 on 2026-06-06
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Turritella obruta Conrad, 1833 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1472120 on 2026-06-06
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2020-12-20 09:17:01Z
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original description Conrad, T. A. (1832-1833). Fossil shells of the Tertiary formations of North America, illustrated by figures drawn on stone from nature. Philadelphia: Judah Dobson, W. P. Gibbons, Printer. Vol. 1(1): pp. [i]-viii + 9-20, pls 1-6 [1832]; Vol. 1(2): pp. 21-28, pls 7-14 [December 1832]; Vol. 1(3): pp. 29-38, no plates [August 1833]; Vol. 1(4): pp. 39-46, pls 15-20. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23521363
page(s): p. 45. [details] 

additional source Conrad, T. A. (1835). <i>Fossil shells of the Tertiary formations of North America</i>. Privately printed, Philadelphia. 1(3), 29–56, pls. 15–18. [Republication, by Conrad, of Conrad 1833, with plates]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53923548
page(s): p. 40, pl. 15, fig. 12. [details] 

additional source Harris, G. D. (1893). Republication of Conrad's Fossil Shells of the Tertiary Formations of North America. 121 pp., 20 pls., Rufus H. Darby, Washington.
page(s): p. 40, pl. 15, fig. 12. [details] 

additional source Harris, G. D. (1895). Claiborne fossils. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 1(1): 1-52, 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30507782
page(s): p. 31. [details] 

additional source Palmer, K. van W. (1937). The Claibornian Scaphopoda, Gastropoda, and dibranchiate Cephalopoda of the southern United States. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 7(32): 1-730 [part I: 1-548; part II: 90 plates]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30413130
page(s): p. 203-205, pl. 26, figs 12-14, pl. 82, fig. 11. [details] 

additional source Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1850). <i>Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés, faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques. Vol. 2</i>. 427 pp. Paris: Masson [November 1850]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41091877
page(s): p. 342, n. 76. [details] 

additional source Allmon, W. D. (1996). Systematics and Evolution of Cenozoic American Turritellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) I: Paleocene and Eocene Coastal Plain Species Related to "<i> Turritella mortoni </i> Conrad" and "<i>Turritella humerosa</i> Conrad". <em>Palaeontographica Americana.</em> Number 59, pp. 134, 14 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28875151#page/3/mode/1up
page(s): p. 37. [details] 

additional source Bowles, E. (1939). Eocene and Paleocene Turritellidae of the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plain of North America. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 13:267-336, pls 31-34.
page(s): p. 311. [details]