WoRMS taxon details
Lunella smaragdus (Gmelin, 1791)
1787228 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1787228)
accepted
Species
Lunella smaragda [sic] · unaccepted ("smaragdus" is a noun in Latin)
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Turbo (Turbo) smaragdus Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (superseded combination)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 Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > superseded combination
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
recent + fossil
(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]
Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native - endemic) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Lunella smaragdus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1787228 on 2026-02-01
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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]
original description (of Turbo tricostatus F. W. Hutton, 1884) Hutton, F.W. (1884). Revision of the recent rhipidoglossate and docoglossate Mollusca of New Zealand. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 9: 354–378., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6602493
page(s): 355 [details]
original description (of Turbo smaragdus var. tricostatus F. W. Hutton, 1884) Hutton, F.W. (1884). Revision of the recent rhipidoglossate and docoglossate Mollusca of New Zealand. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 9: 354–378., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6602493
page(s): 355 [details]
original description (of Turbo (Lunella) radina W. H. Webster, 1905) Webster, W.H. (1905). Some new species of New Zealand marine shells, together with remarks on some non-marine species, and some additions to 'Index faunae'. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 37: 277–281.
page(s): 276 [details]
page(s): 3602 [details]
original description (of Turbo tricostatus F. W. Hutton, 1884) Hutton, F.W. (1884). Revision of the recent rhipidoglossate and docoglossate Mollusca of New Zealand. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 9: 354–378., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6602493
page(s): 355 [details]
original description (of Turbo smaragdus var. tricostatus F. W. Hutton, 1884) Hutton, F.W. (1884). Revision of the recent rhipidoglossate and docoglossate Mollusca of New Zealand. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 9: 354–378., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6602493
page(s): 355 [details]
original description (of Turbo (Lunella) radina W. H. Webster, 1905) Webster, W.H. (1905). Some new species of New Zealand marine shells, together with remarks on some non-marine species, and some additions to 'Index faunae'. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 37: 277–281.
page(s): 276 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Lunella smaragda [sic])
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lunella smaragda [sic])
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (59 publications) (from synonym Turbo smaragdus Gmelin, 1791)
To GenBank (1041 nucleotides; 732 proteins) (from synonym Lunella smaragda [sic])
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Lunella smaragda [sic])
To Malacopics (Lunella smaragda (Gmelin, 1791) New Zealand, Nelson, Buller County, Cape Foulwind, ... (from synonym Lunella smaragda [sic])
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.000182; Turbo smaragdus tricostatus Hutton, 1884; syntype) (from synonym Turbo tricostatus F. W. Hutton, 1884)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Turbo smaragdus (1) 807234) (from synonym Turbo smaragdus Gmelin, 1791)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Turbo smaragdus (3) 807234) (from synonym Turbo smaragdus Gmelin, 1791)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Turbo smaragdus Gmelin, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lunella smaragda [sic])
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (59 publications) (from synonym Turbo smaragdus Gmelin, 1791)
To GenBank (1041 nucleotides; 732 proteins) (from synonym Lunella smaragda [sic])
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Lunella smaragda [sic])
To Malacopics (Lunella smaragda (Gmelin, 1791) New Zealand, Nelson, Buller County, Cape Foulwind, ... (from synonym Lunella smaragda [sic])
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.000182; Turbo smaragdus tricostatus Hutton, 1884; syntype) (from synonym Turbo tricostatus F. W. Hutton, 1884)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Turbo smaragdus (1) 807234) (from synonym Turbo smaragdus Gmelin, 1791)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Turbo smaragdus (3) 807234) (from synonym Turbo smaragdus Gmelin, 1791)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Turbo smaragdus Gmelin, 1791)
