WoRMS name details
Turritella variabilis Conrad, 1830 †
1468226 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1468226)
unaccepted > junior homonym (Junior primary homonym of Turritella variabilis Defrance, 1828. Replaced by Turritella subvariabilis Orbigny, 1852)
Species
- Variety Turritella variabilis var. alticostata Conrad, 1834 † accepted as Turritella alticostata Conrad, 1834 † (unaccepted > superseded rank)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Conrad, T. A. (1830). On the geology and organic remains of a part of the peninsula of Maryland; with appendix; containing descriptions of twenty-nine new species of fossil shells, noticed in the preceding paper. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 6 (2): 205-230, pls 9-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24677623
page(s): p. 211, p. 221, n. 2, pl. 10, fig. 3. [details]
page(s): p. 211, p. 221, n. 2, pl. 10, fig. 3. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Turritella variabilis Conrad, 1830 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1468226 on 2025-04-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Conrad, T. A. (1830). On the geology and organic remains of a part of the peninsula of Maryland; with appendix; containing descriptions of twenty-nine new species of fossil shells, noticed in the preceding paper. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 6 (2): 205-230, pls 9-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24677623
page(s): p. 211, p. 221, n. 2, pl. 10, fig. 3. [details]
page(s): p. 211, p. 221, n. 2, pl. 10, fig. 3. [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1850-1852). <i>Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés, faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques</i>. Paris: Masson. vol. 1 [January 1850 ("1849")]: lx + 394 pp.; vol. 2 [November 1850]: 427 pp.; vol. 3 [1852]: 196 pp. + Table alphabétique et synonymique des genres et des espèces: 189 pp; addenda, errata, Table of Contents: unpaginated., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.45605
page(s): Vol. 3, p. 32, n. 448. [details]
page(s): Vol. 3, p. 32, n. 448. [details]
