WoRMS taxon details
Turritella lentiginosa Reeve, 1849
446565 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:446565)
accepted
Species
Turritella (Haustator) lentiginosa Reeve, 1849 · unaccepted
Turritella hanleyana Reeve, 1849 · unaccepted (Synonym)
marine
Reeve, L. A. (1849). Monograph of the genus <i>Turritella</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 5, pl. 1-11 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-8: May, 1849; 9-11: June 1849]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8967277
page(s): Pl. 3, sp. 9 [details]
page(s): Pl. 3, sp. 9 [details]
Type locality contained in Peru Basin
, Note 1 sample, syntypes, NHMUK 1966412, containing...
type locality contained in Peru Basin [details]
Type material 1 sample, syntypes, NHMUK 1966412, containing 3 large and heavy shells of the mud-crawling type. Largest and heaviest specimen 127,7 mm x 34,9 mm. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Turritella lentiginosa Reeve, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446565 on 2025-05-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Reeve, L. A. (1849). Monograph of the genus <i>Turritella</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 5, pl. 1-11 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-8: May, 1849; 9-11: June 1849]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8967277
page(s): Pl. 3, sp. 9 [details]
original description (of Turritella hanleyana Reeve, 1849) Reeve, L. A. (1849). Monograph of the genus <i>Turritella</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 5, pl. 1-11 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-8: May, 1849; 9-11: June 1849]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8967277
page(s): Pl. 8, sp. 36 [details]
page(s): Pl. 3, sp. 9 [details]
original description (of Turritella hanleyana Reeve, 1849) Reeve, L. A. (1849). Monograph of the genus <i>Turritella</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 5, pl. 1-11 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-8: May, 1849; 9-11: June 1849]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8967277
page(s): Pl. 8, sp. 36 [details]
Other
additional source
Tryon, G. W. (1886). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>, ser. 1, vol. 8: Naticidae, Calyptraeidae, Turritellidae, Vermetidae, Caecidae, Eulimidae, Turbonillidae, Pyramidellidae. pp 1-461, pls 1-79. Philadelphia, published by the author. [pp. 1-64, pls 1-27, Jan. 23, 1886; pp. 65-128, pls 28-37, May 3, 1886; pp. 129-192, pls 38-58, Jul. 28, 1886; pp. 193-461, pls 59-79, Nov. 24, 1886]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63144
page(s): p. 198, pl. 61, fig 55; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 95 [details]
additional source Keen, A. M. (1971). Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru. ed. 2. Stanford University Press. xv, 1064 pp., 22 pls.
page(s): 392 [details]
page(s): p. 198, pl. 61, fig 55; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 95 [details]
additional source Keen, A. M. (1971). Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru. ed. 2. Stanford University Press. xv, 1064 pp., 22 pls.
page(s): 392 [details]





Syntype NHMUK 1966412, geounit Peru Basin [details]
From editor or global species database
Type material 1 sample, syntypes, NHMUK 1966412, containing 3 large and heavy shells of the mud-crawling type. Largest and heaviest specimen 127,7 mm x 34,9 mm. [details]