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Turritella communis Risso, 1826 
AphiaID: 141872

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order) > Cerithioidea (Superfamily) > Turritellidae (Family) > Turritellinae (Subfamily) > Turritella (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Turritella Lamarck, 1799
Sources  basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record: Reeve, 1849 Conch. Icon. 5 (Turritella, Mesalia, Eglisia) [details]

additional source: Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Dutch penhoren  [details]
French turritelle  [details]
German gemeine Turmschnecke  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone (not certain) [details]
Duinbergen [details]
Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
German Bight [details]
Grecian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Lofoten Islands [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
North Africa [details]
North East Atlantic [details]
North Sea [details]
Oostduinkerke [details]
Wimereux (not certain) [details]
Feedingtypes  filter feeder [details]
suspension feeder [details]
suspension feeder [details]
Links To CLEMAM
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To GenBank
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To ITIS
Notes  Classification: Some authors consider T. communis as a subspecies of the fossil T. tricarinata (Brocchi, 1814). The majority of authors who consider both forms as separate species are followed. [details]

Distribution: Rare of absent from east Channel and southern North Sea [details]
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Wery (1908, plaat 24)
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Bucquoy et al. (1882-1886, plaat 28)
Bucquoy et al. (1882-1886, plaat 28)
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2009). Turritella communis Risso, 1826. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141872 on 2010-09-02
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