WoRMS name details
Lunella smaragda [sic]
413416 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:413416)
unaccepted ("smaragdus" is a noun in Latin)
Species
Turbo (Lunella) radina W. H. Webster, 1905 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turbo (Turbo) smaragdus Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Turbo radina W. H. Webster, 1905 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turbo smaragdus var. tricostatus F. W. Hutton, 1884 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Turbo tricostatus F. W. Hutton, 1884 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Turbo smaragdus 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
page(s): 3602 [details]
page(s): 3602 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Lunella smaragda [sic]. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413416 on 2026-01-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Turbo smaragdus 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
page(s): 3602 [details]
page(s): 3602 [details]
Other
additional source
Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Williams, S.; Apte, D.; Ozawa, T.; Kaligis, F.; Nakano, T. (2011). Speciation and dispersal along continental coastlines and island arcs in the Indo-West Pacific turbinid gastropod genus <i>Lunella</i>. <em>Evolution.</em> 65(6): 1752-1771., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01255.x [details] Available for editors
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additional source Williams, S.; Apte, D.; Ozawa, T.; Kaligis, F.; Nakano, T. (2011). Speciation and dispersal along continental coastlines and island arcs in the Indo-West Pacific turbinid gastropod genus <i>Lunella</i>. <em>Evolution.</em> 65(6): 1752-1771., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01255.x [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To GenBank (1041 nucleotides; 732 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Lunella smaragda (Gmelin, 1791) New Zealand, Nelson, Buller County, Cape Foulwind, ...
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.000182; Turbo smaragdus tricostatus Hutton, 1884; syntype) (from synonym Turbo tricostatus F. W. Hutton, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To GenBank (1041 nucleotides; 732 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Lunella smaragda (Gmelin, 1791) New Zealand, Nelson, Buller County, Cape Foulwind, ...
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.000182; Turbo smaragdus tricostatus Hutton, 1884; syntype) (from synonym Turbo tricostatus F. W. Hutton, 1884)
