Deep-Sea taxon details
Turritella Lamarck, 1799
138615 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138615)
accepted
Genus
Turritella (Torcula) J. E. Gray, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Turritella declivis A. Adams & Reeve, 1849
- Species Turritella yucatecana Dall, 1881
- Subgenus Turritella (Colpospira) J. Donald, 1900 accepted as Colpospira J. Donald, 1900 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Turritella (Colpospira) crenulata J. Donald, 1900 accepted as Colpospira joannae (Hedley, 1923) (unaccepted > junior homonym, Junior Homonym of Turritella crenulata Nyst, 1844. Turritella reevei Cossmann, 1912 (Jun. Hom.) and Turritella joannae Hedley, 1923 are replacement names)
- Species Turritella (Colpospira) smithiana J. Donald, 1900 accepted as Colpospira smithiana (J. Donald, 1900) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Turritella (Haustator) Montfort, 1810 accepted as Haustator Montfort, 1810
- Species Turritella (Haustator) yucatecana Dall, 1881 accepted as Turritella yucatecana Dall, 1881
- Subgenus Turritella (Torcula) J. E. Gray, 1847 accepted as Turritella Lamarck, 1799 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Turritella (Torcula) excavata G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 accepted as Turritella declivis A. Adams & Reeve, 1849 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Turritella algida Melvill & Standen, 1912 accepted as Colpospirella algida (Melvill & Standen, 1912) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Turritella austrina R. B. Watson, 1881 accepted as Banzarecolpus austrinus (R. B. Watson, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Turritella excavata G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 accepted as Turritella declivis A. Adams & Reeve, 1849 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Turritella reticulata Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842 accepted as Tachyrhynchus reticulatus (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Turritella variegata (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Caviturritella variegata (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Turritella yucatecanum Dall, 1881 accepted as Turritella yucatecana Dall, 1881 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): p. 74. [details]
page(s): p. 74. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Turritella Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138615 on 2026-10-06
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Turritella Lamarck, 1799. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138615 on 2026-10-06
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Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): p. 74. [details]
additional source Grant, U. S. & Gale, H. R. (1931). Catalogue of the marine Pliocene and Pleistocene Mollusca of California and adjacent regions. <em>Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History.</em> 1: 1036 pp., 32 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2834182
page(s): p. 769-770. [details]
additional source Harzhauser M. & Landau B. (2019). Turritellidae (Gastropoda) of the Miocene Paratethys Sea with considerations about turritellid genera. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4681(1): 1-136., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4681.1.1
page(s): 16 [details] Available for editors
page(s): p. 74. [details]
additional source Grant, U. S. & Gale, H. R. (1931). Catalogue of the marine Pliocene and Pleistocene Mollusca of California and adjacent regions. <em>Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History.</em> 1: 1036 pp., 32 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2834182
page(s): p. 769-770. [details]
additional source Harzhauser M. & Landau B. (2019). Turritellidae (Gastropoda) of the Miocene Paratethys Sea with considerations about turritellid genera. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4681(1): 1-136., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4681.1.1
page(s): 16 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
