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Turbo cidaris natalensis (Krauss, 1848) 
AphiaID: 225149

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Vetigastropoda (Subclass) > Trochoidea (Superfamily) > Turbinidae (Family) > Turbininae (Subfamily) > Turbo (Genus) > Turbo cidaris (Species)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Subspecies
Parent Turbo cidaris Gmelin, 1791
Synonymised
taxa		  Turbo natalensis Krauss, 1848
 Turbo natalensis var. unicolor Turton, 1932
Sources  basis of record: Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2003). A Conchological Iconography: The Family Turbinidae, Subfamily Turbininae, Genus Turbo. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany. [details]

additional source: Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 48 [details]

source of synonymy (from synonym): Kilburn, R.N. (1974) Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (3): Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, with descriptions of new taxa of Naticidae, Fasciolariidae, Magilidae, Volutomitridae and Turridae. Annals of the Natal Museum, 22, 187–220. [details] [view taxon]

identification resource: Kilburn, R.N. (1974) Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (3): Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, with descriptions of new taxa of Naticidae, Fasciolariidae, Magilidae, Volutomitridae and Turridae. Annals of the Natal Museum, 22, 187–220. [details]

Environment marine
Distribution East Coast of South Africa [details]
Mozambique [details]
Note  Taxonomic status: Some authors place the name in the subgenus Turbo (Sarmaticus) [details]
Image 
Turbo cidaris natalensis
Turbo cidaris natalensis
added on 2012-08-09 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225149
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2006-03-20 08:13:00Z  created  Wambiji, Nina
2009-12-07 10:04:53Z  changed  Tran, Bastien
2010-10-18 07:22:14Z  changed  Tran, Bastien
2012-07-01 13:34:45Z  checked  Rosenberg, Gary
  
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  Citation: Rosenberg, G. (2013). Turbo cidaris natalensis (Krauss, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225149 on 2013-06-19
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