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Turbinella pyrum (Linnaeus, 1767)
208609 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208609)
accepted
Species
Buccinella caerulea G. Perry, 1811 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Volema curtangniona Röding, 1798 · unaccepted (synonymy)
Voluta pyrum Linnaeus, 1767 · unaccepted (original combination)
Xancus pyrum (Linnaeus, 1767) · unaccepted
- Variety Turbinella pyrum var. acuta Hornell, 1916 accepted as Turbinella rapa Lamarck, 1816
- Variety Turbinella pyrum var. fusus G. B. Sowerby I, 1825 accepted as Turbinella fusus G. B. Sowerby I, 1825 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Variety Turbinella pyrum var. comorinensis Hornell, 1916 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Turbinella pyrum var. globosa Horenll, 1916 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Turbinella pyrum var. obtusa Hornell, 1916 (uncertain > unassessed)
marine
(of Voluta pyrum Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1195 [details]
page(s): 1195 [details]
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original description
(of Voluta pyrum Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1195 [details]
original description (of Volema curtangniona Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 57 [details]
basis of record Apte, D. (1992). An unusual specimen of <i>Turbinella pyrum</i> (Linn. 1758). <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 89(2): 267 [31 Oct. 1992]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48732731 [details]
page(s): 1195 [details]
original description (of Volema curtangniona Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 57 [details]
basis of record Apte, D. (1992). An unusual specimen of <i>Turbinella pyrum</i> (Linn. 1758). <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 89(2): 267 [31 Oct. 1992]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48732731 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Malacopics (Turbinella pyrum (Linnaeus, 1767) India, collected 1975, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Malacopics (Turbinella pyrum (Linnaeus, 1767) India, Tamil Nadu, Tuticorin, Tirunelveli, by diving, collected 1983-00-00, ex coll. H.H.M. Vermeij .)
To Malacopics (Turbinella pyrum (Linnaeus, 1767) India, Tamil Nadu, Tuticorin, Tirunelveli, by diving, collected 1983-00-00, ex coll. H.H.M. Vermeij .)
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