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Turritella apicalis

Geological Range

Late Pliocene to questionably Late Pleistocene; Extinct.

Paleogeographic Distribution

Southern Florida to northern Florida.

Remarks

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."

Stratigraphic Occurrences

Late Pleistocene
Fort Thompson Formation? (S. FL)
Middle Pleistocene
Bermont Formation (S. FL)
Bermont Formation? (S. FL)
Early Pleistocene
Caloosahatchee Formation (S. FL)
Late Pliocene
Jackson Bluff Formation (N. FL)
Tamiami Formation (S. FL)
Tamiami Formation (Ochopee Limestone) (S. FL)
Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) (S. FL)
<i>Turritella apicalis</i> the Late Pliocene Tamiami Fm. (Pinecrest Beds) of Charlotte County, Florida (UF 181433).
Turritella apicalis the Late Pliocene Tamiami Fm. (Pinecrest Beds) of Charlotte County, Florida (UF 181433).
Specimen of <i>Turritella apicalis</i> figured by Heilprin (1886, pl. 8, fig. 14 and 14a); 1.7 in. in length.
Specimen of Turritella apicalis figured by Heilprin (1886, pl. 8, fig. 14 and 14a); 1.7 in. in length.
<i>Turritella apicalis</i> from the late Pliocene Tamiami Fm. (Pinecrest Beds) of Sarasota County, Florida (PRI 70082).
Turritella apicalis from the late Pliocene Tamiami Fm. (Pinecrest Beds) of Sarasota County, Florida (PRI 70082).
Late Pleistocene Map
Late Pleistocene Map
Middle Pleistocene Map
Middle Pleistocene Map
Early Pleistocene Map
Early Pleistocene Map
Late Pliocene Map
Late Pliocene Map