WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Turbo chrysostomus Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

216368 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216368)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Marmarostoma Swainson, 1829
Marmorostoma Swainson, 1829
Turbo (Marmarostoma) Swainson, 1829

Parent

Turbo Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Turbo chrysostomus Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Turbo (Marmarostoma) chrysostomus Linnaeus, 1758 · alternative representation

Turbo echinatus Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted

Environment

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

Original description

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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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Turbo chrysostomus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216368 on 2026-08-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-03-07 10:24:57Z

created

Onyango, Eunice

2001-12-06 17:00:29Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2009-08-29 16:17:48Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-10-15 10:40:01Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2013-08-17 18:31:44Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2026-02-28 15:38:43Z

changed

Herbert, David

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description 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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original description (of Turbo echinatus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

Other

additional source Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 34. [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

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additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 15; note: Material = Turbo radiatus [details]

additional source Fowler, O. (2016). Seashells of the Kenya coast. ConchBooks: Harxheim. Pp. 1–170.
page(s): 16. [details]