Nomenclature
original description
Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): 73 [details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Grammatical gender feminine, as composed with the greek noun τομή, an incision (gender: feminine). However Philippi (1836: 165, footnote) and others defended treating it as neuter. [details]
Taxonomic remark junior objective synonym of Turris Batsch, 1789 [details]