WoRMS taxon details
Turrancilla apicalis Kira, 1959
1586038 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1586038)
accepted
Species
Ancillus apicalis Ninomiya, 1988 · unaccepted
Turrancilla apicalis (Ninomiya, 1988) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Kira T. (1959). <i>Coloured illustrations of the shells of Japan</i>. (2nd ed., first printing), Hoikusha, Japan, [6] + vii + [1] + 239 pp., 71 pls. [details]
Note Holotype of Turrancilla apicalis Kira, 1959...
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Type material Holotype of Turrancilla apicalis Kira, 1959 – Osaka Museum of Natural History, 808 [details]
Taxonomic remark Kira (1959) provided a short description of Turrancilla apicalis in Japanese (р.
79, pl. 31, fig. 2) thus validating the...
79, pl. 31, fig. 2) thus validating the...
Taxonomic remark Kira (1959) provided a short description of Turrancilla apicalis in Japanese (р.
79, pl. 31, fig. 2) thus validating the name used by him previously (Bieler, Petit, 1990). This was obviously overlooked by Ninomiya (1988) who rediscribed the species under the same specific epithet in the genus Ancillus. [details]
79, pl. 31, fig. 2) thus validating the name used by him previously (Bieler, Petit, 1990). This was obviously overlooked by Ninomiya (1988) who rediscribed the species under the same specific epithet in the genus Ancillus. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Turrancilla apicalis Kira, 1959. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1586038 on 2026-05-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Kira T. (1959). <i>Coloured illustrations of the shells of Japan</i>. (2nd ed., first printing), Hoikusha, Japan, [6] + vii + [1] + 239 pp., 71 pls. [details]
original description (of Ancillus apicalis Ninomiya, 1988) Ninomiya, T. (1988). A new subgenus and five new species of the Ancillinae (Gastropoda: Olividae) from southwestern Australia, Japan and Taiwan. <em>Venus.</em> 47(3): 141-153., available online at https://doi.org/10.18941/venusjjm.47.3_141
page(s): 146, pl. 1 figs 9-11 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Ancillus apicalis Ninomiya, 1988) Ninomiya, T. (1988). A new subgenus and five new species of the Ancillinae (Gastropoda: Olividae) from southwestern Australia, Japan and Taiwan. <em>Venus.</em> 47(3): 141-153., available online at https://doi.org/10.18941/venusjjm.47.3_141
page(s): 146, pl. 1 figs 9-11 [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Kantor, Y.; Strano, G.; Vervaet, F.; Weddingen, M. V.; Puillandre, N. (2025). Revision of the genus Turrancilla (Neogastropoda: Olivoidea: Ancillariidae) in an integrative taxonomy framework. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5647(5): 401-434., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5647.5.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
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additional source
Bieler, R.; Petit, R. E. (1990). On the various editions of Tetsuaki Kira's “Coloured illustrations of the shells of Japan” and “Shells of the Western Pacific in color Vol. 1”, with an annotated list of new names introduced. <em>Malacologia.</em> 32: 131-145., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13146396 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Kira (1959) provided a short description of Turrancilla apicalis in Japanese (р.79, pl. 31, fig. 2) thus validating the name used by him previously (Bieler, Petit, 1990). This was obviously overlooked by Ninomiya (1988) who rediscribed the species under the same specific epithet in the genus Ancillus. [details]
Type material Holotype of Turrancilla apicalis Kira, 1959 – Osaka Museum of Natural History, 808 [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ホザキリュウグウボタル [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Turrancilla apicalis (Ninomiya, 1988))
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Ancillus apicalis Ninomiya, 1988)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Turrancilla apicalis) (from synonym Turrancilla apicalis (Ninomiya, 1988))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Turrancilla apicalis)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Ancillus apicalis Ninomiya, 1988)
To Malacopics (Turrancilla apicalis (Ninomiya, 1988) Japan, Kôchi, Tosa-wan, at 2 m depth, ex coll....
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Ancillus apicalis Ninomiya, 1988)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Turrancilla apicalis) (from synonym Turrancilla apicalis (Ninomiya, 1988))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Turrancilla apicalis)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Ancillus apicalis Ninomiya, 1988)
To Malacopics (Turrancilla apicalis (Ninomiya, 1988) Japan, Kôchi, Tosa-wan, at 2 m depth, ex coll....
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