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Turritella terebra (Linnaeus, 1758)

215163  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215163)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 766 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Turritella terebra (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215163 on 2026-01-26
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Turritella terebra (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215163 on 2026-01-26
Date
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1997-11-12 07:24:15Z
created
2009-11-11 12:08:55Z
changed
2014-01-31 10:00:09Z
changed
2014-02-04 11:31:10Z
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2023-01-09 18:20:26Z
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original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 766 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

context source (HKRMS) Hickman, C. S. (1985). Comparative morphology and ecology of free-living suspension-feeding gastropods from Hong Kong. <em>In: Morton B, & Dudgeon D, editors. Proceedings of the Second International workshop on the malacofauna of Hong Kong. The malacofauna of Hong Kong and southern China II. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.</em> 1: 217-234. [details] 

additional source Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Nomura, S. 1935. Catalogue of the Tertiary and Quarternary Mollusca from the island of Taiwan (Formosa) in the Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Tôhoku Imperial University, Sendai, Japan Part 2, Scaphopoda and Gastropoda. The Science Reports of the
page(s): p. 64, 190. [details] 

additional source Makiyama, J. (1960) Matajiro Yokoyama's Tertiary fossils from various localities in Japan. Palaeontological Society of Japan Special Papers, 6, 1, pls. 87-119. NIZT 682
page(s): pl. 90, figs 1 ("bacillum" of Yokoyama, 1928), 3 ("terebra" of Yokoyama, 1928) [details] 

additional source Reeve, L. A. (1849). Monograph of the genus <i>Turritella</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 5, pl. 1-11 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-8: May, 1849; 9-11: June 1849]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8967277
page(s): Pl. 1, sp. 3 [details] 

additional source Rosenberg, G. 1992. <i>Encyclopedia of Seashells</i>. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 52 [details] 

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Ayres, B. (1916). Catálogo das Conchas Exóticas existentes no Museu Zoológico da Universidade de Coimbra. Volume 1, pp. 386., available online at https://ia800808.us.archive.org/17/items/catalogodasconch11916univ/catalogodasconch11916univ.pdf
page(s): p. 238, n. 865. [details] 
 
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