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Aphanitoma elegans (D'Ancona, 1872) †
1617373 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1617373)
unaccepted (senior synonym of A. pliocenica but invalid junior homonym of Turbinella elegans)
Species
Turbinella elegans D'Ancona, 1872 † · unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Turbinella elegans Dunker, 1844
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Turbinella elegans D'Ancona, 1872 †) D'Ancona, C. (1872). Malacologia pliocenica italiana. Fascicolo II. Generi: <i>Pisania, Ranella, Triton, Fasciolaria, Turbinella, Cancellaria, Fusus</i>. <em>Memoria del Reale Comitato Geologico d'Italia.</em> pp. 55-141, pls 8-15. G. Barbèra, Firenze. [reissued 1873: Memorie per servire alla Descrizione della Carta Geologica d'Italia 2: 173-259, pls 8-15]., available online at https://books.google.nl/books?id=JYU1NIQH-cwC&printsec=frontcover&hl=nl&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0
page(s): 88 [Memorie: 206], pl. 11 figs 3-4 [details]
page(s): 88 [Memorie: 206], pl. 11 figs 3-4 [details]
Type locality contained in Italy
type locality contained in Italy [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aphanitoma elegans (D'Ancona, 1872) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1617373 on 2025-09-11
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(of Turbinella elegans D'Ancona, 1872 †) D'Ancona, C. (1872). Malacologia pliocenica italiana. Fascicolo II. Generi: <i>Pisania, Ranella, Triton, Fasciolaria, Turbinella, Cancellaria, Fusus</i>. <em>Memoria del Reale Comitato Geologico d'Italia.</em> pp. 55-141, pls 8-15. G. Barbèra, Firenze. [reissued 1873: Memorie per servire alla Descrizione della Carta Geologica d'Italia 2: 173-259, pls 8-15]., available online at https://books.google.nl/books?id=JYU1NIQH-cwC&printsec=frontcover&hl=nl&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0
page(s): 88 [Memorie: 206], pl. 11 figs 3-4 [details]
additional source Vera-Peláez, J. L. (2022). La familia Borsoniidae (Conoidea, Gastropoda) en el Neógeno del sur de la Península Ibérica con la propuesta de seis nuevas especies. <em>Pliocénica.</em> 6-7: 249-278.
page(s): 260, pl. 2 figs 7-8 [details]
source of synonymy Landau, B. & Harzhauser, M. (2022). The Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, southern Spain. Part 15: Borsoniidae, Clathurellidae, Mitromorphidae, Pseudomelatomidae (Gastropoda, Conoidea). <em>Cainozoic Research.</em> 22(2): 103-156., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/1020186/CR2022022002001-.pdf
page(s): 106, pl. 2 figs 1-2 [details]
page(s): 88 [Memorie: 206], pl. 11 figs 3-4 [details]
additional source Vera-Peláez, J. L. (2022). La familia Borsoniidae (Conoidea, Gastropoda) en el Neógeno del sur de la Península Ibérica con la propuesta de seis nuevas especies. <em>Pliocénica.</em> 6-7: 249-278.
page(s): 260, pl. 2 figs 7-8 [details]
source of synonymy Landau, B. & Harzhauser, M. (2022). The Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, southern Spain. Part 15: Borsoniidae, Clathurellidae, Mitromorphidae, Pseudomelatomidae (Gastropoda, Conoidea). <em>Cainozoic Research.</em> 22(2): 103-156., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/1020186/CR2022022002001-.pdf
page(s): 106, pl. 2 figs 1-2 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
