African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Turritella knysnaensis Krauss, 1848

AfReMaS name details

Turritella knysnaensis Krauss, 1848

AphiaID

446563 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:446563)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Turritella capensis Krauss, 1848

Rank

Species

Parent

Turritella Lamarck, 1799

Original name

Turritella knysnaensis Krauss, 1848

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): p. 106-107, pl. 6 fig. 9. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Turritella knysnaensis Krauss, 1848. 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=446563 on 2026-01-14

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Turritella knysnaensis Krauss, 1848. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446563 on 2026-01-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-01-09 14:33:51Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2012-07-01 13:34:45Z

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Rosenberg, Gary

2014-02-07 15:37:50Z

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Vos, Chris

2019-08-29 08:45:41Z

changed

Herbert, David

2022-08-24 10:11:55Z

changed

Herbert, David

2024-11-03 14:13:37Z

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Vos, Chris

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Sources (3)
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original description Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): p. 106-107, pl. 6 fig. 9. [details]

additional source Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): p. 129, n. 939. [details] Available for editors

source of synonymy Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): p. 53. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality