MolluscaBase name details
Turris ruthae Kilburn, 1983
435144 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:435144)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Kilburn, R.N. (1983) Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Subfamily Turrinae. Annals of the Natal Museum, 25, 549–585., available online at https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/AJA03040798_507
page(s): 558, figs 1, 12, 22, 23. [details]
page(s): 558, figs 1, 12, 22, 23. [details]
Type locality contained in Natal
type locality contained in Natal (origin: native - endemic) [details]
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original description
Kilburn, R.N. (1983) Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Subfamily Turrinae. Annals of the Natal Museum, 25, 549–585., available online at https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/AJA03040798_507
page(s): 558, figs 1, 12, 22, 23. [details]
basis of record Kilburn R.N., Fedosov A.E. & Olivera B.M. (2012) Revision of the genus <i>Turris</i> Batsch, 1789 (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Turridae) with the description of six new species. <i>Zootaxa</i> 3244: 1-58. [22 March 2012] [details] Available for editors
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additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 219 [details]
status source Kantor, Y., Bouchet, P., Fedosov, A., Puillandre, N. & Zaharias, P. (2024). Generic revision of the Recent Turridae (Neogastropoda: Conoidea). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> eyae032: 1-40.
page(s): 35; note: confirmed as a Turridae, but generic allocation unknown [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 558, figs 1, 12, 22, 23. [details]
basis of record Kilburn R.N., Fedosov A.E. & Olivera B.M. (2012) Revision of the genus <i>Turris</i> Batsch, 1789 (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Turridae) with the description of six new species. <i>Zootaxa</i> 3244: 1-58. [22 March 2012] [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 219 [details]
status source Kantor, Y., Bouchet, P., Fedosov, A., Puillandre, N. & Zaharias, P. (2024). Generic revision of the Recent Turridae (Neogastropoda: Conoidea). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> eyae032: 1-40.
page(s): 35; note: confirmed as a Turridae, but generic allocation unknown [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
