Holotype ZPAL Ga.9/133 from the Mid Bathonian (Mid Jurassic) of Gnaszyn, Częstochowa region; lateral and apical view.

Diagnoza

Cyrtoconoid shell. Early whorls ornamented with zigzag pattern. Later in ontogeny, whorls ornamented with prosocline axial ribs and spiral ribs appearing. At intersections  blunt, delicate nodes appearing

Porównanie

The shells described above are similar to some Recent calliotropids, especially from the genera Turcica and Cidarina. Has similar in shape and sculpture of the teleoconch and aperture to Turcica admirabilis Berry, 1969. The ornamentation of the juvenile protoconch of T. wareni resembles to some degree the teleoconch ornamentation of some species of the Recent Granigyra (a group of deep water vetigastropods) but their adult shells lack the axial and spiral ornamentation that is typical of Turcica.

Autekologia

Występowanie geograficzne

Type locality only.

Zasięg czasowy

Morrisiceras morrisi Zone, Bathonian.

Materiały muzealne

Over fifty shells from the type locality.

Literatura

Kaim, A. 2004. The evolution of conch ontogeny in Mesozoic open sea gastropods. Palaeontologia Polonica 62, 3–183.