African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Turbo cidaris natalensis Krauss, 1848

AfReMaS taxon details

Turbo cidaris natalensis Krauss, 1848

AphiaID

225149 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225149)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subspecies

Parent

Turbo cidaris Gmelin, 1791

Original name

Turbo natalensis Krauss, 1848

Synonymised names

Turbo natalensis Krauss, 1848 · unaccepted (original rank)

Turbo natalensis var. unicolor W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted

Environment

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

Original description

(of Turbo natalensis Krauss, 1848) Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 101, pl. 6, fig. 1. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Turbo cidaris natalensis Krauss, 1848. Accessed through: 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 at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225149 on 2026-04-23

Regional species database citation

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. Turbo cidaris natalensis Krauss, 1848. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225149 on 2026-04-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-20 08:13:00Z

created

Wambiji, Nina

2009-12-07 10:04:53Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2010-10-18 07:22:14Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2012-07-01 13:34:45Z

checked

Rosenberg, Gary

2019-08-29 08:45:41Z

changed

Herbert, David

2022-08-24 10:11:55Z

changed

Herbert, David

2026-04-23 11:36:46Z

changed

Dekker, Henk

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original description (of Turbo natalensis Krauss, 1848) Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 101, pl. 6, fig. 1. [details]

original description (of Turbo natalensis var. unicolor W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 176. [details] Available for editors

basis of record Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2003). A Conchological Iconography: The Family Turbinidae, Subfamily Turbininae, Genus Turbo. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany. [details]

additional source Herbert D.G. (2015). An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4049(1): 1-98., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4049.1.1
page(s): 72 [details] Available for editors

additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 48 [details]

identification resource Kilburn R.N. (1974). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (3): Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, with descriptions of new taxa of Naticidae, Fasciolariidae, Magilidae, Volutomitridae and Turridae. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 22: 187-220. [details] Available for editors