WoRMS name details
Turboella Leach, 1847
246138 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246138)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Turbo parvus da Costa, 1778 accepted as Rissoa parva (da Costa, 1778) (type by subsequent designation)
Rissoa (Turbella) Leach, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Turbella is misspelling of...)
Turbella is misspelling of Turboella Leach, 1847
Turbella [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling of Turboella Leach, 1847)
- Subgenus Turboella (Apicularia) Monterosato, 1884 accepted as Rissoa Desmarest, 1814 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subgenus Turboella (Benzia) F. Nordsieck, 1972 accepted as Pusillina Monterosato, 1884 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subgenus Turboella (Mutiturboella) F. Nordsieck, 1972 accepted as Pusillina Monterosato, 1884 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subgenus Turboella (Nititurboella) F. Nordsieck, 1972 accepted as Rissoa Desmarest, 1814 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Turboella (Nititurboella) allermonti F. Nordsieck, 1972 accepted as Apicularia nitens Monterosato, 1884
- Species Turboella (Nititurboella) cornea (Lovén, 1846) accepted as Rissoa membranacea (J. Adams, 1800)
- Subgenus Turboella (Radiatia) F. Nordsieck, 1972 accepted as Pusillina Monterosato, 1884 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subgenus Turboella (Thapsiella) P. Fischer, 1885 accepted as Alvania Risso, 1826 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Turboella (Thapsiella) rudis (R. A. Philippi, 1844) accepted as Alvania rudis (R. A. Philippi, 1844) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Turboella (Turboella) Leach, 1847 accepted as Rissoa Desmarest, 1814 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Turboella conspicuosa [sic] accepted as Pusillina sarsii (Lovén, 1846) (unaccepted > nomen nudum, a non-existing name, probably a misspelling (and misidentification) of inconspicua (Alder, 1844))
- Species Turboella coronata (A. N. Golikov, 1986) accepted as Frigidoalvania asura (Yokoyama, 1926) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Turboella densa F. Nordsieck, 1972 accepted as Pusillina inconspicua (Alder, 1844) (synonym)
- Species Turboella diversa F. Nordsieck, 1972 accepted as Pusillina inconspicua (Alder, 1844) (synonym)
- Species Turboella ehrenbergi (R. A. Philippi, 1844) accepted as Pusillina ehrenbergi [sic] accepted as Pusillina ehrenbergii (R. A. Philippi, 1844) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Turboella inconspicua (Alder, 1844) accepted as Pusillina inconspicua (Alder, 1844)
- Species Turboella interrupta (J. Adams, 1800) accepted as Rissoa parva (da Costa, 1778)
- Species Turboella marginata (Michaud, 1830) accepted as Pusillina marginata (Michaud, 1830)
- Species Turboella parva (da Costa, 1778) accepted as Rissoa parva (da Costa, 1778)
- Species Turboella thomsoni F. Nordsieck, 1972 accepted as Alvania wyvillethomsoni (Friele, 1877) accepted as Punctulum wyvillethomsoni (Friele, 1877) (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Gray, J. E. (1847). The classification of the British Mollusca, by W. E. Leach, M.D. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 20(133): 267-273. [published 1 October 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 271 [details]
page(s): 271 [details]
Note The designation of Turbo parvus as type...
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Type species The designation of Turbo parvus as type species by Gray (1847: Proc. Zool. Soc. London 15: 152), published one month later than the name and accepted by subsequent authors, is not valid because this ois not one of the originally included species [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Turboella Leach, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246138 on 2026-10-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J. E. (1847). The classification of the British Mollusca, by W. E. Leach, M.D. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 20(133): 267-273. [published 1 October 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 271 [details]
page(s): 271 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Ponder, W. F. (1985). A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> Suppl. 4: 1-221. [12 February 1985]., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Ponder-1985-Rec-Aust-Mus-Suppl-4-1221/
page(s): 21 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 21 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Kowalke, T.; Harzhauser, M. (2004). Early ontogeny and palaeoecology of the Mid-Miocene rissoid gastropods of the Central Paratethys. <em>Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.</em> 49(1): 111–134. [details] Available for editors [request]
subsequent type designation Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913 [details]
[request]subsequent type designation Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Synonymy Considered as synonym of Rissoa by Ponder (1985), which was followed by Kowalke & Harzhauser (2004). [details]Type species The designation of Turbo parvus as type species by Gray (1847: Proc. Zool. Soc. London 15: 152), published one month later than the name and accepted by subsequent authors, is not valid because this ois not one of the originally included species [details]
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