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Turritella Lamarck, 1799

138615  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138615)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Caenogastropoda incertae sedis (Order)
  7. Cerithioidea (Superfamily)
  8. Turritellidae (Family)
  9. Turritellinae (Subfamily)
  10. Turritella (Genus)
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Genus
Turritella (Torcula) J. E. Gray, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Turritella annulata Kiener, 1843
  2. Species Turritella aurocincta E. von Martens, 1882
  3. Species Turritella bicingulata Lamarck, 1822
  4. Species Turritella capensis Krauss, 1848
  5. Species Turritella carinifera Lamarck, 1822
  6. Species Turritella cingulifera G. B. Sowerby I, 1825
  7. Species Turritella cochlea Reeve, 1849
  8. Species Turritella columnaris Kiener, 1843
  9. Species Turritella conspersa A. Adams & Reeve, 1849
  10. Species Turritella declivis A. Adams & Reeve, 1849
  11. Species Turritella duplicata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  12. Species Turritella gemmata Reeve, 1849
  13. Species Turritella ligar Deshayes, 1843
  14. Species Turritella maculata Reeve, 1849
  15. Species Turritella martensi Selli, 1974
  16. Species Turritella sanguinea Reeve, 1849
  17. Species Turritella terebra (Linnaeus, 1758)
  18. Species Turritella torulosa Kiener, 1843
  19. Species Turritella ungulina (Linnaeus, 1758)
  20. Species Turritella vittulata A. Adams & Reeve, 1849
  21. Subgenus Turritella (Haustator) Montfort, 1810 accepted as Haustator Montfort, 1810
    1. Species Turritella (Haustator) candida Reeve, 1849 accepted as Turritella gemmata Reeve, 1849
    2. Species Turritella (Haustator) declivis A. Adams & Reeve, 1849 accepted as Turritella declivis A. Adams & Reeve, 1849 (Alternate representation)
    3. Species Turritella (Haustator) maculata Reeve, 1849 accepted as Turritella maculata Reeve, 1849
    4. Species Turritella (Haustator) sanguinea Reeve, 1849 accepted as Turritella sanguinea Reeve, 1849
    5. Species Turritella (Haustator) vittulata A. Adams & Reeve, 1849 accepted as Turritella vittulata A. Adams & Reeve, 1849 (Alternate representation)
  22. Subgenus Turritella (Torcula) J. E. Gray, 1847 accepted as Turritella Lamarck, 1799 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    1. Species Turritella (Torcula) cochlea Reeve, 1849 accepted as Turritella cochlea Reeve, 1849
    2. Species Turritella (Torcula) excavata G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 accepted as Turritella declivis A. Adams & Reeve, 1849 (junior synonym)
    3. Species Turritella (Torcula) gemmata Reeve, 1849 accepted as Turritella gemmata Reeve, 1849
    4. Species Turritella (Torcula) martensi Selli, 1974 accepted as Turritella martensi Selli, 1974 (original combination)
  23. Species Turritella alba H. Adams, 1872 accepted as Turritella maculata Reeve, 1849 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  24. Species Turritella aquila A. Adams & Reeve, 1849 accepted as Turritella conspersa A. Adams & Reeve, 1849 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  25. Species Turritella auricincta E. von Martens, 1882 accepted as Turritella aurocincta E. von Martens, 1882 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  26. Species Turritella bicolor A. Adams & Reeve, 1849 accepted as Turritella maculata Reeve, 1849 (Synonym)
  27. Species Turritella candida Reeve, 1849 accepted as Turritella gemmata Reeve, 1849 (Synonym)
  28. Species Turritella chrysotoxa Tomlin, 1925 accepted as Turritella cingulifera G. B. Sowerby I, 1825
  29. Species Turritella communis Risso, 1826 accepted as Turritellinella tricarinata (Brocchi, 1814)
  30. Species Turritella concava E. von Martens, 1880 accepted as Turritella (Torcula) martensi Selli, 1974 accepted as Turritella martensi Selli, 1974 (invalid: junior homonym of Turritella concava Say, 1826, and several others; Turritella martensi Selli, 1974 is a replacement name)
  31. Species Turritella excavata G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 accepted as Turritella declivis A. Adams & Reeve, 1849 (junior synonym)
  32. Species Turritella fuscata Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Turritella ungulina (Linnaeus, 1758) (Synonym)
  33. Species Turritella gracillima A. A. Gould, 1861 accepted as Turritella cingulifera G. B. Sowerby I, 1825 (junior subjective synonym)
  34. Species Turritella knysnaensis Krauss, 1848 accepted as Turritella capensis Krauss, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  35. Species Turritella opalina A. Adams & Reeve, 1849 accepted as Mesalia opalina (A. Adams & Reeve, 1849) (Original combination)
  36. Species Turritella praetermissa Dautzenberg, 1912 accepted as Protoma praetermissa (Dautzenberg, 1912) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  37. Species Turritella puncticulata G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 accepted as Turritella sanguinea Reeve, 1849 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  38. Species Turritella punctulata G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 accepted as Turritella sanguinea Reeve, 1849 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  39. Species Turritella salisburyi Tomlin, 1925 accepted as Turritella sanguinea Reeve, 1849 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  40. Species Turritella spirata G. B. Sowerby I, 1825 accepted as Eglisia spirata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  41. Species Turritella umbilicata Dunker, 1862 accepted as Aclis ascaris (W. Turton, 1819) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  42. Species Turritella vermicularis (Brocchi, 1814) accepted as Helminthia vermicularis (Brocchi, 1814)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): p. 74. [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Turritella Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138615 on 2025-11-09
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Turritella Lamarck, 1799. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138615 on 2025-11-09
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gofas, Serge
2009-11-11 12:08:55Z
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Vos, Chris
2014-01-19 20:58:08Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2018-08-11 17:31:58Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2022-02-01 09:24:47Z
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Vinarski, Maxim

original description Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): p. 74. [details] 

additional source Harzhauser M. & Landau B. (2019). Turritellidae (Gastropoda) of the Miocene Paratethys Sea with considerations about turritellid genera. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4681(1): 1-136., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4681.1.1
page(s): 16 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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