WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Turbo imperialis Gmelin, 1791

AphiaID

216376 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216376)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Turbo Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Turbo imperialis Gmelin, 1791

Synonymised names

Turbo (Lunatica) imperialis Gmelin, 1791 · alternative representation

Turbo mespilus Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

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 [details]

Descriptive notes

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

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

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Turbo imperialis Gmelin, 1791. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216376 on 2026-08-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2001-11-17 14:06:08Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2002-07-21 12:48:32Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-10-18 07:22:14Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2011-12-15 00:30:32Z

checked

Rosenberg, Gary

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description 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 [details]

original description (of Turbo mespilus 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): 3601, nr. 50 [details]

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

Other

additional source Cernohorsky, W. O. (1974). Type specimens of Mollusca in the University Zoological Museum, Copenhagen. <em>Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum.</em> 11: 143-192., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61709276 [details]