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Turris ambages Barnard, 1958
435125 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:435125)
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marine
Barnard, K. H. (1958). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part I. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Toxoglossa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 44(1): 73-163., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40862937
page(s): 148, fig. 23b. [details]
page(s): 148, fig. 23b. [details]
Note designated 'Off O'Neil Peak, Zululand, 90...
Type locality designated 'Off O'Neil Peak, Zululand, 90 fathoms' by Kilburn (1983) [details]
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Barnard, K. H. (1958). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part I. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Toxoglossa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 44(1): 73-163., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40862937
page(s): 148, fig. 23b. [details]
basis of record Kilburn R.N., Fedosov A.E. & Olivera B.M. (2012) Revision of the genus <i>Turris</i> Batsch, 1789 (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Turridae) with the description of six new species. <i>Zootaxa</i> 3244: 1-58. [22 March 2012] [details] Available for editors
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additional source Kilburn, R.N. (1983) Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Subfamily Turrinae. Annals of the Natal Museum, 25, 549–585., available online at https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/AJA03040798_507
page(s): 556 [details]
additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 218. [details]
additional source Kantor, Y., Bouchet, P., Fedosov, A., Puillandre, N. & Zaharias, P. (2024). Generic revision of the Recent Turridae (Neogastropoda: Conoidea). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> eyae032: 1-40.
page(s): 7 [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 148, fig. 23b. [details]
basis of record Kilburn R.N., Fedosov A.E. & Olivera B.M. (2012) Revision of the genus <i>Turris</i> Batsch, 1789 (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Turridae) with the description of six new species. <i>Zootaxa</i> 3244: 1-58. [22 March 2012] [details] Available for editors

additional source Kilburn, R.N. (1983) Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Subfamily Turrinae. Annals of the Natal Museum, 25, 549–585., available online at https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/AJA03040798_507
page(s): 556 [details]
additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 218. [details]
additional source Kantor, Y., Bouchet, P., Fedosov, A., Puillandre, N. & Zaharias, P. (2024). Generic revision of the Recent Turridae (Neogastropoda: Conoidea). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> eyae032: 1-40.
page(s): 7 [details] Available for editors





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Type locality designated 'Off O'Neil Peak, Zululand, 90 fathoms' by Kilburn (1983) [details]