WoRMS taxon details
Turritella terebra (Linnaeus, 1758)
215163 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215163)
accepted
Species
Aculea magnifica G. Perry, 1811 · unaccepted
Archimediella occidua (Cotton & N. H. Woods, 1935) · unaccepted (Alternate representation of synonym)
Epitonium infinitum Röding, 1798 · unaccepted
Epitonium monoceros Röding, 1798 · unaccepted
Epitonium timpanotonor · unaccepted (Spelling mistake)
Epitonium tornatum Röding, 1798 · unaccepted
Epitonium tympanotonor Röding, 1798 · unaccepted
Epitonium tympanotonos · unaccepted (Spelling mistake)
Turbo archimedis Dillwyn, 1817 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Turbo terebra Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Turritella (Turritella) spectrum Reeve, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turritella (Turritella) terebra (Linnaeus, 1758) · alternative representation
Turritella archimedis (Dillwyn, 1817) · unaccepted (Synonym)
Turritella cerea Reeve, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turritella kityoensis Nomura, 1935 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turritella spectrum Reeve, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turritella terebra cerea Reeve, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turritella terebra occidua Cotton & N. H. Woods, 1935 · unaccepted (Subjective synonym)
Turritella terebra spectrum Reeve, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subspecies Turritella terebra terebra (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Subspecies Turritella terebra cerea Reeve, 1849 accepted as Turritella terebra (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Turritella terebra occidua Cotton & N. H. Woods, 1935 accepted as Turritella terebra (Linnaeus, 1758) (Subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Turritella terebra spectrum Reeve, 1849 accepted as Turritella terebra (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Turritella terebra var. gracilis Jeffreys, 1867 accepted as Turritella communis Risso, 1826 accepted as Turritellinella tricarinata (Brocchi, 1814) (synonym)
- Variety Turritella terebra var. nivea Jeffreys, 1867 accepted as Turritella communis Risso, 1826 accepted as Turritellinella tricarinata (Brocchi, 1814) (unaccepted > junior homonym, Invalid: junior homonym of Turritella nivea Anton, 1838; Reeve, 1849)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Turbo terebra Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Turbo terebra Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 766 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Turbo archimedis Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 871-872 [details]
original description (of Turritella cerea Reeve, 1849) 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. 6, sp. 25 [details]
original description (of Turritella spectrum Reeve, 1849) 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. 8, sp. 40 [details]
original description (of Turritella terebra occidua Cotton & N. H. Woods, 1935) Cotton, B. C. & Woods, N. H. (1935). The correlation of recent and fossil Turritellidae of southern Australia. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 5(3): 369-387., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40997188
page(s): p. 369-370, fig. 7. [details]
original description (of Epitonium infinitum Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): p. 92, n. 1191. [details]
original description (of Epitonium monoceros Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): p. 92, n. 1190. [details]
original description (of Epitonium tornatum Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): p. 92, n. 1189. [details]
original description (of Epitonium tympanotonor Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): p. 92, n. 1188. [details]
original description (of Aculea magnifica G. Perry, 1811) Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832
page(s): pl. 16, n. 2. [details]
original description (of Turritella kityoensis Nomura, 1935 †) Nomura, S. (1935). Catalogue of the Tertiary and Quartery Mollusca from the island of Taiwan (Formosa) in the Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Tôhoku Imperial University, Sendai, Japan. Part 2, Scaphopoda and Gastropoda. <em>The Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University, Sendai, Japan Second Series (Geology).</em> 18(2): 53-228, plates 6-10.
page(s): 190 (138) [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 766 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Turbo archimedis Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 871-872 [details]
original description (of Turritella cerea Reeve, 1849) 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. 6, sp. 25 [details]
original description (of Turritella spectrum Reeve, 1849) 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. 8, sp. 40 [details]
original description (of Turritella terebra occidua Cotton & N. H. Woods, 1935) Cotton, B. C. & Woods, N. H. (1935). The correlation of recent and fossil Turritellidae of southern Australia. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 5(3): 369-387., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40997188
page(s): p. 369-370, fig. 7. [details]
original description (of Epitonium infinitum Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): p. 92, n. 1191. [details]
original description (of Epitonium monoceros Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): p. 92, n. 1190. [details]
original description (of Epitonium tornatum Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): p. 92, n. 1189. [details]
original description (of Epitonium tympanotonor Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): p. 92, n. 1188. [details]
original description (of Aculea magnifica G. Perry, 1811) Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832
page(s): pl. 16, n. 2. [details]
original description (of Turritella kityoensis Nomura, 1935 †) Nomura, S. (1935). Catalogue of the Tertiary and Quartery Mollusca from the island of Taiwan (Formosa) in the Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Tôhoku Imperial University, Sendai, Japan. Part 2, Scaphopoda and Gastropoda. <em>The Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University, Sendai, Japan Second Series (Geology).</em> 18(2): 53-228, plates 6-10.
page(s): 190 (138) [details] Available for editors
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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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1515/9789882203884-015 [details]
additional source Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Deshayes, G. P. (1830-1832). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des Vers et Mollusques</i>. Vol. 2: viii+1-594 [part 1: i-vi, 1-256, Livraison 101, 1 Feb 1830; part 2: 1-144, Livraison 101, 1 Feb. 1830; 145-594, Livraison 102, 29 Sept. 1832]. Vol. 3: 595-1152 [Livraison 102, 29 Sept. 1832]. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8638
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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
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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
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additional source Yokoyama M. (1928). Mollusca from the oil-field of the island of Taiwan. <em>Imperial Geological Survey of Japan, Report.</em> 101: 1-112.
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additional source Habe T. & Kosuge S. (1966). <i>Shells of the world in colour</i>, Vol. II. The Tropical Pacific. Osaka: Hoikusha. vii + 193 pp, 68 pls. [For details see Petit and Bieler, 1996 and Callomon and Petit, 2004, Appendix 1.].
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additional source Higo, S. & Goto, Y. (1993). <i>A systematic list of molluscan shells from the Japanese Is. and the adjacent area</i>. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan. xxii + 693 + 13 + 149 pp.
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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
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additional source Shikama, T. & Horikoshi, M. (1963). Selected shells of the world illustrated in colours. Hokuryu-Kan Publishing Co., LTD., Tokyo. [8] + 154 pp., pls 1-102.
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additional source van der Vlerk, I. M. (1931). Caenozoic Amphineura, Gastropoda, Lamellibranchiata, Scaphopoda. <em>Leidse Geologische Mededelingen.</em> 5(1): 206-296., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/505678
page(s): p. 254. [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [request]
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]
additional source Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Deshayes, G. P. (1830-1832). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des Vers et Mollusques</i>. Vol. 2: viii+1-594 [part 1: i-vi, 1-256, Livraison 101, 1 Feb 1830; part 2: 1-144, Livraison 101, 1 Feb. 1830; 145-594, Livraison 102, 29 Sept. 1832]. Vol. 3: 595-1152 [Livraison 102, 29 Sept. 1832]. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8638
page(s): p. 1101, n. 2. [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 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 Yokoyama M. (1928). Mollusca from the oil-field of the island of Taiwan. <em>Imperial Geological Survey of Japan, Report.</em> 101: 1-112.
page(s): p. 7. [details]
additional source Habe T. & Kosuge S. (1966). <i>Shells of the world in colour</i>, Vol. II. The Tropical Pacific. Osaka: Hoikusha. vii + 193 pp, 68 pls. [For details see Petit and Bieler, 1996 and Callomon and Petit, 2004, Appendix 1.].
page(s): p. 18, pl. 6, fig. 1.; note: (After 4th reprint 1973) [details]
additional source Higo, S. & Goto, Y. (1993). <i>A systematic list of molluscan shells from the Japanese Is. and the adjacent area</i>. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan. xxii + 693 + 13 + 149 pp.
page(s): p. 107. [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 Shikama, T. & Horikoshi, M. (1963). Selected shells of the world illustrated in colours. Hokuryu-Kan Publishing Co., LTD., Tokyo. [8] + 154 pp., pls 1-102.
page(s): p. 25, text fig. 1. [details]
additional source van der Vlerk, I. M. (1931). Caenozoic Amphineura, Gastropoda, Lamellibranchiata, Scaphopoda. <em>Leidse Geologische Mededelingen.</em> 5(1): 206-296., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/505678
page(s): p. 254. [details] Available for editors
[request]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
[request]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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | tower screw shellauger turretsnailauger screw shell | [details] |
| German | Bohrer-Schraubenschnecke | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (105 publications) (from synonym Turbo terebra Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Turritella cerea Reeve, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (304 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Turritella spectrum Reeve, 1849)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Turritella terebra)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Malacopics (Turritella terebra (Linnaeus, 1758) Madagascar)
To Malacopics (Turritella terebra (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, Central Visayas, Cebu)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (105 publications) (from synonym Turbo terebra Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Turritella cerea Reeve, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (304 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Turritella spectrum Reeve, 1849)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Turritella terebra)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Malacopics (Turritella terebra (Linnaeus, 1758) Madagascar)
To Malacopics (Turritella terebra (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, Central Visayas, Cebu)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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