Marine Species Traits - Turritella porterensis C. E. Weaver, 1912 †

Traits taxon details

Turritella porterensis C. E. Weaver, 1912 †

AphiaID

1637681 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1637681)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Turritella Lamarck, 1799

Original name

Turritella porterensis C. E. Weaver, 1912 †

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Weaver, C. E. (1912). A preliminary report on the Tertiary paleontology of Western Washington. Washington Geological Survey Bulletin. 15: 1-80, 15 pls.
page(s): p. 73, pl. 11, figs 83, 84. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Turritella porterensis C. E. Weaver, 1912 †. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1637681 on 2026-07-31

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Turritella porterensis C. E. Weaver, 1912 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1637681 on 2026-07-31

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2023-02-14 18:18:12Z

created

Kovács, Zoltán

2024-03-23 17:02:30Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

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Sources (4)
Attributes (3)

original description Weaver, C. E. (1912). A preliminary report on the Tertiary paleontology of Western Washington. Washington Geological Survey Bulletin. 15: 1-80, 15 pls.
page(s): p. 73, pl. 11, figs 83, 84. [details]

additional source Clark, B. L. (1918). The San Lorenzo Series of middle California. A stratigraphic and palaeontologic study of the San Lorenzo Oligocene series of the general region of Mount Diablo, California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences. 11(2): 45-234, pls. 3-24., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43342287
page(s): p. 171. [details]

additional source Merriam, C. W. (1941). Fossil Turritellas from the Pacific Coast Region of North America. University of California Publications. Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences. Volume 26, No. 1, pp. 1-214, plates 1-41; 19 figures in text, 1 map., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822023465453;view=1up;seq=9
page(s): p. 102-103, pl. 20, figs 10-16. [details]

additional source Hickman, C. S. (1980). Paleogene marine gastropods of the Keasey Formation in Oregon. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 78(310): 1-112, 10 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10693143 [details]

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