MolluscaBase taxon details
Colpospira accisa (R. B. Watson, 1881)
446503 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:446503)
accepted
Species
Colpospira (Acutospira) accisa (R. B. Watson, 1881) · alternative representation
Turritella (Colpospira) accisa R. B. Watson, 1881 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Turritella accisa R. B. Watson, 1881 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Turritella higginsi Petterd, 1884 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Turritella accisa R. B. Watson, 1881) Watson, R.B. (1880). Mollusca of H. M. S. 'Challenger' expedition. Part VI. Turritellidae. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society - Zoology.</em> 15: 217-230., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38644488
page(s): 220-222 [details]
page(s): 220-222 [details]
Type locality contained in Australian part of the Bass Strait
type locality contained in Australian part of the Bass Strait [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Colpospira accisa (R. B. Watson, 1881). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446503 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Turritella accisa R. B. Watson, 1881) Watson, R.B. (1880). Mollusca of H. M. S. 'Challenger' expedition. Part VI. Turritellidae. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society - Zoology.</em> 15: 217-230., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38644488
page(s): 220-222 [details]
original description (of Turritella higginsi Petterd, 1884) Petterd, W. F. (1884). Description of new Tasmanian shells. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 4(5): 135-145., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31571559
page(s): 135 [details]
new combination reference Cotton, B. C. & Godfrey, F. K. (1931). South Australian Shells. Part I. <em>The South Australian Naturalist.</em> 12 (4): 51-63, pls. I-II., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42129224
page(s): p. 57. [details]
page(s): 220-222 [details]
original description (of Turritella higginsi Petterd, 1884) Petterd, W. F. (1884). Description of new Tasmanian shells. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 4(5): 135-145., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31571559
page(s): 135 [details]
new combination reference Cotton, B. C. & Godfrey, F. K. (1931). South Australian Shells. Part I. <em>The South Australian Naturalist.</em> 12 (4): 51-63, pls. I-II., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42129224
page(s): p. 57. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
