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WoRMS taxon details

Turbo intercostalis Menke, 1843

AphiaID

216379 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216379)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Turbo Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Turbo intercostalis Menke, 1843

Synonymised names

Turbo radiatus Gmelin, 1791, sensu Reeve, 1848 · unaccepted (misidentification)

Environment

marine

Original description

Menke, K. T. (1843). Molluscorum Novae Hollandiae specimen. Hannover: Libraria Aulica Hahniana. 46 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13297216
page(s): 13; note: name published in synonymy, but made available by Philippi, 1846 [ICZN Art. 11.6.1] [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomy Some authors place the name in the subgenus Turbo (Marmarostoma)

Taxonomy Some authors place the name in the subgenus Turbo (Marmarostoma) [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Turbo intercostalis Menke, 1843. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216379 on 2026-05-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-22 16:55:09Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2009-08-29 16:17:48Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-10-18 07:22:14Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2014-05-01 17:53:02Z

checked

Gofas, Serge

2026-04-23 11:36:46Z

changed

Dekker, Henk

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Menke, K. T. (1843). Molluscorum Novae Hollandiae specimen. Hannover: Libraria Aulica Hahniana. 46 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13297216
page(s): 13; note: name published in synonymy, but made available by Philippi, 1846 [ICZN Art. 11.6.1] [details]

basis of record Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 34. [details]

Other

additional source Philippi, R. A. (1842-1849). Die Kreiselschnecken oder Trochoideen. In: Küster H.C., ed.,. Systematisches Conchylien Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. 2(2): 1-98, pl. 1-19 (pp 1-8 [1842], 9-24 [1845], 25-66 [1847], 67-74 [1849], 75-98 [1850]; pls 1-9 [1842], 10-15 [1847], 16-19 [1849]). Nürnberg, Bauer & Raspe., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/106814
page(s): 42, pl. 11 fig. 3 [1847]; 68, pl. 16 figs 4-5 [1849] [details]

additional source Williams, S.T. (2007). Origins and diversification of Indo-West Pacific marine fauna: evolutionary history and biogeography of turban shells (Gastropoda, Turbinidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2007, 92, 573–592., available online at http://, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00854.x [details] Available for editors

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additional source Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2003). A Conchological Iconography: The Family Turbinidae, Subfamily Turbininae, Genus Turbo. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany. [details]

additional source Williams S. (2008) The calcareous operculum as a character for defining subgenera in the marine gastropod genus Turbo. Vita Malacologica 7: 1-13. [16 December 2008]
page(s): 7-9, pl. 2 fig. 12 (operculum only) [details]

additional source Philippi, R. A. (1846). Diagnoses testaceorum quorundam novorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. 3: 97-106., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16291891
page(s): 98-99; note: made the name available from Menke, 1843 [ICZN Art. 11.6.1] [details]