MolluscaBase name details
Turritella knysnaensis Krauss, 1848
446563 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:446563)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): p. 106-107, pl. 6 fig. 9. [details]
page(s): p. 106-107, pl. 6 fig. 9. [details]
Type locality contained in Knysna Estuary
type locality contained in Knysna Estuary [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Turritella knysnaensis Krauss, 1848. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446563 on 2025-09-11
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Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): p. 106-107, pl. 6 fig. 9. [details]
additional source Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): p. 129, n. 939. [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): p. 53. [details]
page(s): p. 106-107, pl. 6 fig. 9. [details]
additional source Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): p. 129, n. 939. [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): p. 53. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
