Marine Species Traits - Turboella Leach, 1847

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Turboella Leach, 1847

Rissoa parva (da Costa, 1778)
Specimen from Sotogrande, Cádiz, Spain (actual size 3.3 mm).

AphiaID

246138 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246138)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Rissoa Desmarest, 1814

Rank

Genus

Parent

Rissoidae J. E. Gray, 1847

Original name

Turboella Leach, 1847

Synonymised names

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)

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Species Turboella humilis Traub, 1981 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Turboella costata (Wade, 1926) † accepted as Alvania costata (Wade, 1926) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Turboella crebricostata Sohl, 1961 † accepted as Rissoa crebricostata (Sohl, 1961) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Turboella degrangei Cossmann & Peyrot, 1919 † accepted as Rissoa degrangei (Cossmann & Peyrot, 1919) † (Turboella accepted as junior synonym of Rissoa)
Species Turboella inflexicosta Cossmann, 1921 † accepted as Rissoa inflexicosta (Cossmann, 1921) † (Turboella accepted as synonym of Rissoa)
Species Turboella parva (da Costa, 1778) accepted as Rissoa parva (da Costa, 1778)
Species Turboella ponderi Le Renard, 1980 † accepted as Pusillina ponderi (Le Renard, 1980) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Turboella tallahatchiensis Sohl, 1961 † accepted as Alvania tallahatchiensis (Sohl, 1961) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Turboella tenuilineata Cossmann, 1921 † accepted as Rissoa tenuilineata (Cossmann, 1921) † (Turboella accepted as synonym of Rissoa)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Gray, J. E. (1847). The classification of the British Mollusca, by W. E. Leach, M.D. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (1) 20(133): 267-273. [published 1 October 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 271 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Turboella Leach, 1847. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246138 on 2026-06-05

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Turboella Leach, 1847. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246138 on 2026-06-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-09-10 09:13:40Z

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Gofas, Serge

2010-06-08 16:10:50Z

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Gofas, Serge

2022-03-23 11:16:25Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2022-10-29 09:56:08Z

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Vinarski, Maxim

2026-02-21 18:51:58Z

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Marshall, Bruce

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original description Gray, J. E. (1847). The classification of the British Mollusca, by W. E. Leach, M.D. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (1) 20(133): 267-273. [published 1 October 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 271 [details]

additional source Kowalke, T.; Harzhauser, M. (2004). Early ontogeny and palaeoecology of the Mid-Miocene rissoid gastropods of the Central Paratethys. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 49(1): 111–134. [details] Available for editors

source of synonymy Ponder, W. F. (1985). A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum. 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

subsequent type designation Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyms and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913 [details]