WoRMS

WoRMS name details

Terebra turrita (E. A. Smith, 1873)

AphiaID

447658 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:447658)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Punctoterebra turrita (E. A. Smith, 1873)

Rank

Species

Parent

Terebra Bruguière, 1789

Original name

Myurella turrita E. A. Smith, 1873

Environment

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

Original description

(of Myurella turrita E. A. Smith, 1873) Smith, E. A. (1873). Remarks on a few species belonging to the family Terebridae, and descriptions of several new forms in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 4, 11: 262-271., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25121192
page(s): 266-267. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Terebra turrita (E. A. Smith, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=447658 on 2026-11-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-01-13 10:07:52Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2012-09-10 13:56:34Z

checked

Terryn, Yves

2020-02-01 07:28:27Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Myurella turrita E. A. Smith, 1873) Smith, E. A. (1873). Remarks on a few species belonging to the family Terebridae, and descriptions of several new forms in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 4, 11: 262-271., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25121192
page(s): 266-267. [details]

basis of record Bratcher T. & Cernohorsky W.O. (1987). Living terebras of the world. A monograph of the recent Terebridae of the world. American Malacologists, Melbourne, Florida & Burlington, Massachusetts. 240pp. [details]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Bratcher T. & Cernohorsky W.O. (1987). Living terebras of the world. A monograph of the recent Terebridae of the world. American Malacologists, Melbourne, Florida & Burlington, Massachusetts. 240pp. [details]

Other

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors