WoRMS name details
Turritella communis Risso, 1826
141872 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141872)
unaccepted
Species
Turritella britannica Monterosato, 1890 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Turritella communis var. crassa Lacourt, 1974 · unaccepted > unavailable name (described as variety after 1960)
Turritella communis var. extensa Coen, 1933 · unaccepted (Synonym (infraspecific variation))
Turritella communis var. laeviuscula Coen, 1914 · unaccepted > junior homonym (preoccupied infraspecific...)
preoccupied infraspecific epithet. Not Turritella laeviuscula J. de C. Sowerby, 1832; nec Turritella turris var. laeviuscula Sacco, 1895.
Turritella communis var. soluta Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884 · unaccepted (Invalid: Unavailable under Art....)
Invalid: Unavailable under Art. 1.3.2. description based on teratological specimens
Turritella linnaei Deshayes, 1835 · unaccepted (synonym)
Turritella mediterranea Monterosato, 1890 · unaccepted (synonym)
Turritella sabauda Risso, 1826 · unaccepted (dubious synonym)
Turritella terebra var. gracilis Jeffreys, 1867 · unaccepted (synonym)
Turritella terebra var. imbricosoluta De Gregorio, 1884 · unaccepted (Synonym (infraspecific variation))
Turritella terebra var. nivea Jeffreys, 1867 · unaccepted > junior homonym (Invalid: junior homonym of...)
Invalid: junior homonym of Turritella nivea Anton, 1838; Reeve, 1849
- Variety Turritella communis var. crassa Lacourt, 1974 accepted as Turritella communis Risso, 1826 accepted as Turritellinella tricarinata (Brocchi, 1814) (unaccepted > unavailable name, described as variety after 1960)
- Variety Turritella communis var. extensa Coen, 1933 accepted as Turritella communis Risso, 1826 accepted as Turritellinella tricarinata (Brocchi, 1814) (Synonym (infraspecific variation))
- Variety Turritella communis var. laeviuscula Coen, 1914 accepted as Turritella communis Risso, 1826 accepted as Turritellinella tricarinata (Brocchi, 1814) (unaccepted > junior homonym, preoccupied infraspecific epithet. Not Turritella laeviuscula J. de C. Sowerby, 1832; nec Turritella turris var. laeviuscula Sacco, 1895.)
- Variety Turritella communis var. soluta Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884 accepted as Turritella communis Risso, 1826 accepted as Turritellinella tricarinata (Brocchi, 1814) (Invalid: Unavailable under Art. 1.3.2. description based on teratological specimens)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. <em>[book series].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5. Paris, F.G. Levrault. vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984
page(s): 106; pl. 4 fig. 37 [details]
page(s): 106; pl. 4 fig. 37 [details]
Note Alpes-Maritimes, France, Arnaud (1978:112)...
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Type locality Alpes-Maritimes, France [details]
Type material Arnaud (1978:112) mentions 2 specimens in the type collection at MNHN, Paris yet adds that these are specimens of the fossil Turritella tricarinata (Brocchi, 1814) - duly adding that an exchange took place in the past. Examinations of the syntype material by C. Vos (2011) concluded that the specimens present at that moment are specimens of the recent species commonly referred to as Turritella communis. [details]
Nomenclature Referred to by Linnaeus (1761; Fn Svec.; p. 525; n. 2171) as Turbo terebra (of Linnaeus, 1758 by reference to Syst. Nat. 10th...
Distribution Rare of absent from east Channel and southern North Sea
Nomenclature Referred to by Linnaeus (1761; Fn Svec.; p. 525; n. 2171) as Turbo terebra (of Linnaeus, 1758 by reference to Syst. Nat. 10th Ed.) with locality "mari occidentali" which here refers to the North Sea west of Sweden. [details]
Distribution Rare of absent from east Channel and southern North Sea
Distribution Rare of absent from east Channel and southern North Sea [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Turritella communis Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141872 on 2024-11-21
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Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. <em>[book series].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5. Paris, F.G. Levrault. vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984
page(s): 106; pl. 4 fig. 37 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Pennant, Thomas. (1812). British Zoology. A new edition in four volumes. vol IV. Class V. Crustacea. Class VI. Vermes. Wilkie & Robinson. London. xvi+379 pp. 95 pls., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34933712
page(s): 308; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. <em>London.</em> i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011
page(s): 112; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Arnaud, P. M. (1978). Révision des taxa malacologiques méditerranéens introduits par Antoine Risso. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Nice.</em> Tome 5, pp. 101-150, 4 pls., available online at http://paleopolis.rediris.es/benthos/TaP/Arnaud-1977.pdf
page(s): p. 112. [details]
additional source Linnaeus, C. (1761). Fauna Suecica sistens Animalia Sueciae Regni: Distributa per Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Differentiis Specierum, Synonymis Auctorum, Nominibus Incolarum, Locis Natalium, Descriptionibus insectorum. <em>Editio altera, auctior. Stockholmiae, Stockhom, Sweden.</em> 48:1-578. [Copepoda Monoculus, :497-499]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100333
page(s): 525; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Reeve, L. A. (1849). Monograph of the genus <i>Turritella</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 5, pl. 1-11 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-8: May, 1849; 9-11: June 1849]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8967277
page(s): Pl. 7, sp. 35 [details]
additional source Hammer, C. (1775) Forsog til en Norsk Natur-Historie. pp. 248 Kiobenhavn (Sander) , available online at http://books.google.be/books?id=u5U5AAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Forsog+til+en+Norsk+Natur-Historie&hl=nl&sa=X&ei=YV3oULH4J-iG0AXDq4GQAw&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAA
page(s): 211; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Ayres, B. (1916). Catálogo das Conchas Exóticas existentes no Museu Zoológico da Universidade de Coimbra. Volume 1, pp. 386., available online at https://ia800808.us.archive.org/17/items/catalogodasconch11916univ/catalogodasconch11916univ.pdf
page(s): p. 354, n. 866-A. [details]
biology source Pérez, C. (1924). Le complexe ethologique de la Turritelle et du <i>Phascolion strombi</i>. <em>Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France.</em> Volume 49, pp. 341-343., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k54459014/f376.item
page(s): p. 341-343.; note: Includes the original description of a parasite, and notes on other marine organisms using the shells of Turritella communis. [details]
biology source Graham, A. (1938). On a ciliary process of food-collecting in the gastropod <i>Turritella communis</i> Risso. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> Series A, Volume 108, part 3, pp. 453-463, 3 text figs. [Offprint published 28 September 1938].
page(s): p. 453-463. [details]
biology source Randles, W. B. (1902). On the presence of a Crystalline style and style-sac in <i>Turritella communis</i>. <em>Anatomischer Anzeiger.</em> Volume 21. pp. 200-203, 3 text figs., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11890624
page(s): p. 200-203. [details]
biology source Randles, W. B. (1900). On the anatomy of <i>Turritella communis</i>, Risso. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> Vol. 4, pp. 56-65, pl. 6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15797978
page(s): p. 56-65, pl. 6. [details]
page(s): 106; pl. 4 fig. 37 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Pennant, Thomas. (1812). British Zoology. A new edition in four volumes. vol IV. Class V. Crustacea. Class VI. Vermes. Wilkie & Robinson. London. xvi+379 pp. 95 pls., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34933712
page(s): 308; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. <em>London.</em> i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011
page(s): 112; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Arnaud, P. M. (1978). Révision des taxa malacologiques méditerranéens introduits par Antoine Risso. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Nice.</em> Tome 5, pp. 101-150, 4 pls., available online at http://paleopolis.rediris.es/benthos/TaP/Arnaud-1977.pdf
page(s): p. 112. [details]
additional source Linnaeus, C. (1761). Fauna Suecica sistens Animalia Sueciae Regni: Distributa per Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Differentiis Specierum, Synonymis Auctorum, Nominibus Incolarum, Locis Natalium, Descriptionibus insectorum. <em>Editio altera, auctior. Stockholmiae, Stockhom, Sweden.</em> 48:1-578. [Copepoda Monoculus, :497-499]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100333
page(s): 525; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Reeve, L. A. (1849). Monograph of the genus <i>Turritella</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 5, pl. 1-11 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-8: May, 1849; 9-11: June 1849]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8967277
page(s): Pl. 7, sp. 35 [details]
additional source Hammer, C. (1775) Forsog til en Norsk Natur-Historie. pp. 248 Kiobenhavn (Sander) , available online at http://books.google.be/books?id=u5U5AAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Forsog+til+en+Norsk+Natur-Historie&hl=nl&sa=X&ei=YV3oULH4J-iG0AXDq4GQAw&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAA
page(s): 211; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Ayres, B. (1916). Catálogo das Conchas Exóticas existentes no Museu Zoológico da Universidade de Coimbra. Volume 1, pp. 386., available online at https://ia800808.us.archive.org/17/items/catalogodasconch11916univ/catalogodasconch11916univ.pdf
page(s): p. 354, n. 866-A. [details]
biology source Pérez, C. (1924). Le complexe ethologique de la Turritelle et du <i>Phascolion strombi</i>. <em>Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France.</em> Volume 49, pp. 341-343., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k54459014/f376.item
page(s): p. 341-343.; note: Includes the original description of a parasite, and notes on other marine organisms using the shells of Turritella communis. [details]
biology source Graham, A. (1938). On a ciliary process of food-collecting in the gastropod <i>Turritella communis</i> Risso. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> Series A, Volume 108, part 3, pp. 453-463, 3 text figs. [Offprint published 28 September 1938].
page(s): p. 453-463. [details]
biology source Randles, W. B. (1902). On the presence of a Crystalline style and style-sac in <i>Turritella communis</i>. <em>Anatomischer Anzeiger.</em> Volume 21. pp. 200-203, 3 text figs., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11890624
page(s): p. 200-203. [details]
biology source Randles, W. B. (1900). On the anatomy of <i>Turritella communis</i>, Risso. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> Vol. 4, pp. 56-65, pl. 6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15797978
page(s): p. 56-65, pl. 6. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Additional information Pennant (1777:113 and 1812:308) used the name Turbo terebra in the sense of the European species today commonly referred to as Turritella communis Risso, 1826. [details]Additional information Hammer (1775:211) used the name Turbo terebra for the European species occuring near Norway, today commonly referred to as Turritella communis Risso, 1826, and using reference to Fauna Svecica of Linné, 1761. [details]
Classification Some authors consider T. communis as a subspecies of the fossil T. tricarinata (Brocchi, 1814). The majority of authors who consider both forms as separate species are followed. [details]
Nomenclature Referred to by Linnaeus (1761; Fn Svec.; p. 525; n. 2171) as Turbo terebra (of Linnaeus, 1758 by reference to Syst. Nat. 10th Ed.) with locality "mari occidentali" which here refers to the North Sea west of Sweden. [details]
Type locality Alpes-Maritimes, France [details]
Type material Arnaud (1978:112) mentions 2 specimens in the type collection at MNHN, Paris yet adds that these are specimens of the fossil Turritella tricarinata (Brocchi, 1814) - duly adding that an exchange took place in the past. Examinations of the syntype material by C. Vos (2011) concluded that the specimens present at that moment are specimens of the recent species commonly referred to as Turritella communis. [details]
Unreviewed
Distribution Rare of absent from east Channel and southern North Sea [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | kërmilli kullë | [details] |
| Danish | tårnsnegl | [details] |
| Dutch | penhoren | [details] |
| English | great screw shellEuropean turretsnailcommon turretsnailcommon tower shellcommon screw shellAuger shell | [details] |
| French | turritelle | [details] |
| German | gemeine Turmschnecke | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Πύργος | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | tårnsnegl | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | tårnsnigel | [details] |
| Swedish | tornsnäcka | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (313 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Turritella communis)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI (from synonym Turritella linnaei Deshayes, 1835)
To PESI (from synonym Turritella mediterranea Monterosato, 1890)
To PESI (from synonym Turritella sabauda Risso, 1826)
To PESI (from synonym Turritella communis var. soluta Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884)
To PESI (from synonym Turritella communis var. extensa Coen, 1933)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (313 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Turritella communis)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI (from synonym Turritella linnaei Deshayes, 1835)
To PESI (from synonym Turritella mediterranea Monterosato, 1890)
To PESI (from synonym Turritella sabauda Risso, 1826)
To PESI (from synonym Turritella communis var. soluta Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884)
To PESI (from synonym Turritella communis var. extensa Coen, 1933)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
