WoRMS taxon details
Torcula J. E. Gray, 1847
456533 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:456533)
accepted
Genus
Apicula Olsson & Harbison, 1953 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turitella (Torcula) J. E. Gray, 1847 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
- Species Torcula annulata (Kiener, 1843) accepted as Turritella annulata Kiener, 1843 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Torcula bayeri Petuch, 2001 accepted as Turritella bayeri (Petuch, 2001) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Torcula clathrata (Kiener, 1843) accepted as Gazameda iredalei H. J. Finlay, 1927 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Torcula congelata (A. Adams & Reeve, 1849) accepted as Turritella congelata A. Adams & Reeve, 1849 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Torcula declivis (A. Adams & Reeve, 1849) accepted as Turritella declivis A. Adams & Reeve, 1849 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Torcula maculata (Reeve, 1849) accepted as Turritella maculata Reeve, 1849 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Torcula monilifera A. Adams & Reeve, 1849 accepted as Turritella monilis Kobelt, 1897 (unaccepted > junior homonym, Based on a junior primary homonym of Turritella monilifera Deshayes, 1833. Turritella monilis Kobelt, 1897 is a replacement name.)
- Species Torcula parva Angas, 1877 accepted as Turritella cingulifera G. B. Sowerby I, 1825 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Torcula tenuilirata Dunker, 1869 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyms 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
page(s): p. 155, n. 243. [details]
page(s): p. 155, n. 243. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Torcula J. E. Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456533 on 2026-08-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyms 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
page(s): p. 155, n. 243. [details]
original description (of Apicula Olsson & Harbison, 1953 †) Olsson, A. A.; Harbison, A. (1953). Pliocene Mollusca of southern Florida with special reference to those from North Saint Petersburg. <em>Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 8: 1-457, pls 1-65.
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page(s): p. 155, n. 243. [details]
original description (of Apicula Olsson & Harbison, 1953 †) Olsson, A. A.; Harbison, A. (1953). Pliocene Mollusca of southern Florida with special reference to those from North Saint Petersburg. <em>Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 8: 1-457, pls 1-65.
page(s): 314 [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
status source
Friend, D. S., Anderson, B. M., Altier, E., Sang, S., Petsios, E., Portell, R. W. & Allmon, W. D. (2023). Systematics and phylogeny of Plio-Pleistocene species of Turritellidae (Gastropoda) from Florida and the Atlantic Coastal Plain. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 402: 1-74, 38 text-figs., available online at https://doi.org/10.32857/bap.2023.402.01
page(s): p. 22-23. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 22-23. [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
additional source
Govoni, D. L., Crowley, K. D., Hansen, T. A. & Allmon, W. D. (2025). Gastropod mollusks from the Brightseat Formation (Paleocene: Danian) of Maryland. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> No. 412: 1-103, text-figs. 1-60., available online at https://doi.org/10.32857/bap.2025.412.01
page(s): 30-31, text-fig. 13; note: as cf. Torcula sp. indet. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 30-31, text-fig. 13; note: as cf. Torcula sp. indet. [details] Available for editors
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