African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Chemnitzia A. d'Orbigny, 1840

AfReMaS taxon details

Chemnitzia A. d'Orbigny, 1840

Turbonilla costulata, original figure in Risso (1826, pl. 5 fig. 72)

AphiaID

545275 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:545275)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Turbonillinae Bronn, 1849

Original name

Melania (Chemnitzia) A. d'Orbigny, 1840

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

(of ) Orbigny, A. d'. (1836-1842). Mollusques, Echinodermes, Foraminifères et Polypiers recueillis aux Iles Canaries par MM. Webb et Berthelot. In: Barker-Webb, P. & Berthelot, S. (eds) Histoire naturelle des Iles Canaries, volume 2(2): 117 pp., pls 1-7, 7B. pp. 1-24 [Aug. 1839], 25-48 [Sept. 1839], 49-72 [Oct-1839], 73-104 [Jan. 1840], 105-136 [Mar. 1840], 137-143 [Apr. 1840], 145-152 [Aug. 1842]; pl. 1 [Jul. 1836], 2 [Dec. 1836], 3 [May 1842], 4-5 [June 1840], 7 [May 1842], 6, 7B [Aug. 1842]. Paris: Béthune. In: P. B. Webb & S. Berthelot (1836-1844), Histoire naturelle des Iles Canaries 2(2). Zoologie: Mollusques. Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41308382
page(s): 77 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Chemnitzia A. d'Orbigny, 1840. 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=545275 on 2026-09-26

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. Chemnitzia A. d'Orbigny, 1840. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=545275 on 2026-09-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2010-11-13 05:24:57Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2013-05-20 03:44:10Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2013-06-02 16:23:25Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2016-03-03 18:12:42Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2018-01-07 19:39:04Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2019-05-30 17:12:20Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2019-05-30 20:22:59Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2024-09-07 04:38:22Z

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Köhler, Frank

2026-06-27 19:42:31Z

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Kovács, Zoltán

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original description (of ) Orbigny, A. d'. (1836-1842). Mollusques, Echinodermes, Foraminifères et Polypiers recueillis aux Iles Canaries par MM. Webb et Berthelot. In: Barker-Webb, P. & Berthelot, S. (eds) Histoire naturelle des Iles Canaries, volume 2(2): 117 pp., pls 1-7, 7B. pp. 1-24 [Aug. 1839], 25-48 [Sept. 1839], 49-72 [Oct-1839], 73-104 [Jan. 1840], 105-136 [Mar. 1840], 137-143 [Apr. 1840], 145-152 [Aug. 1842]; pl. 1 [Jul. 1836], 2 [Dec. 1836], 3 [May 1842], 4-5 [June 1840], 7 [May 1842], 6, 7B [Aug. 1842]. Paris: Béthune. In: P. B. Webb & S. Berthelot (1836-1844), Histoire naturelle des Iles Canaries 2(2). Zoologie: Mollusques. Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41308382
page(s): 77 [details]

taxonomy source Beu, A.G. and J.I. Raine (2009). Revised descriptions of New Zealand Cenozoic Mollusca from Beu and Maxwell (1990). GNS Science miscellaneous series no. 27., available online at http://www.gns.cri.nz/static/Mollusca [details]

taxonomy source Ceulemans, L.; Van Dingenen, F.; Landau B. M. (2018). The lower Pliocene gastropods of Le Pigeon Blanc (Loire-Atlantique, northwest France). Part 5 – Neogastropoda (Conoidea) and Heterobranchia (fine). Cainozoic Research. 18(2): 89-176. [details] Available for editors

taxonomy source Harzhauser, M.; Micali, P.; Landau, B. M. (2026). The Cimidae and Pyramidellidae (Cingulininae, Chrysallidinae, Turbonillinae) (Gastropoda) of the Miocene Central Paratethys Sea. Zootaxa. 5835(1): 1-152., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5835.1.1 [details]

taxonomy source Landau B.M. & LaFollette P.I. (2015). The Pyramidellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Miocene Cantaure Formation of Venezuela. Cainozoic Research. 15(1-2): 13-54. [details] Available for editors

basis of record Landau B.M. & LaFollette P.I. (2015). The Pyramidellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Miocene Cantaure Formation of Venezuela. Cainozoic Research. 15(1-2): 13-54.
note: genus treated as valid [details] Available for editors