Marine Species Traits - Micromelania (Turricaspia) spica (Eichwald, 1855)

WoRMS name details

Micromelania (Turricaspia) spica (Eichwald, 1855)

AphiaID

1333172 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1333172)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Turricaspia spica (Eichwald, 1855)

Rank

Species

Parent

Micromelania (Turricaspia) B. Dybowski & Grochmalicki, 1915 accepted as Turricaspia B. Dybowski & Grochmalicki, 1915

Original name

Paludina spica Eichwald, 1855

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Variety Micromelania (Turricaspia) spica var. lyrata B. Dybowski & Grochmalicki, 1915 accepted as Turricaspia lyrata (B. Dybowski & Grochmalicki, 1915) (new combination; considered a distinct species)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Paludina spica Eichwald, 1855) Eichwald, C.E. (1855). Zur Naturgeschichte des Kaspischen Meeres. <em>Nouveaux mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes, Moscou.</em> 10: 283-323., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33191120
page(s): 303-304, pl. 10, figs 8-9 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Micromelania (Turricaspia) spica (Eichwald, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1333172 on 2025-05-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2019-03-13 08:20:50Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

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Nomenclature

original description (of Paludina spica Eichwald, 1855) Eichwald, C.E. (1855). Zur Naturgeschichte des Kaspischen Meeres. <em>Nouveaux mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes, Moscou.</em> 10: 283-323., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33191120
page(s): 303-304, pl. 10, figs 8-9 [details]

basis of record Dybowski, B.; Grochmalicki, J. (1915). Ueber kaspische Schnecken aus der Abteilung "Turricaspiinae" subfam. nova zum Vergleich mit den Turribaikalina nobis Petrograd, 34 [numbered 103-136], 3 pls pp. [details]