Marine Species Traits - Torquesia biformis (J. De C. Sowerby, 1835) †

Traits taxon details

Torquesia biformis (J. De C. Sowerby, 1835) †

AphiaID

1823476 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1823476)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Torquesia H. Douvillé, 1929 †

Original name

Turritella biformis J. De C. Sowerby, 1835 †

Synonymised names

Turritella biformis J. De C. Sowerby, 1835 † · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

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

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

(of Turritella biformis J. De C. Sowerby, 1835 †) Sedgwick, A.; Murchison, R. I. (1832-1835). A Sketch of the Structure of the Eastern Alps; with Sections through the Newer Formations on the Northern Flanks of the Chain, and through the Tertiary Deposits of Styria. <em>Transactions of the Geological Society of London, second series.</em> 3(2): 301-420, pls. 35-40., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36239560
page(s): pl. 38, fig. 13; note: as nomen nudum on p. 418 (1832) [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Torquesia biformis (J. De C. Sowerby, 1835) †. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1823476 on 2026-06-19

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Torquesia biformis (J. De C. Sowerby, 1835) †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1823476 on 2026-06-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2025-07-21 06:55:21Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2026-01-22 16:11:25Z

changed

Vos, Chris

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Sources (2)
Attributes (2)

original description (of Turritella biformis J. De C. Sowerby, 1835 †) Sedgwick, A.; Murchison, R. I. (1832-1835). A Sketch of the Structure of the Eastern Alps; with Sections through the Newer Formations on the Northern Flanks of the Chain, and through the Tertiary Deposits of Styria. <em>Transactions of the Geological Society of London, second series.</em> 3(2): 301-420, pls. 35-40., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36239560
page(s): pl. 38, fig. 13; note: as nomen nudum on p. 418 (1832) [details]

basis of record Hacobjan [Akopyan], V. T. (1976). Pozdnemelovyye gastropody Armyanskoy SSR [Late Cretaceous gastropods of the Armenian SSR]. Akademiya Nauk Armyanskoy SSR, Yerevan, 443 pp. + 83 pls.
page(s): 180 [details] Available for editors

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