MolluscaBase - Myurella turrita E. A. Smith, 1873

WoRMS name details

Myurella turrita E. A. Smith, 1873

AphiaID

447351 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:447351)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Punctoterebra turrita (E. A. Smith, 1873)

Rank

Species

Parent

Myurella Hinds, 1845

Original name

Myurella turrita E. A. Smith, 1873

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Smith, E. A. (1873). Remarks on a few species belonging to the family Terebridae, and descriptions of several new forms in the collection of the British Museum. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 4, 11: 262-271., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25121192
page(s): 266-267. [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Torres Strait

type locality contained in Torres Strait [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Myurella turrita E. A. Smith, 1873. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=447351 on 2025-03-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-01-13 10:07:52Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2012-09-07 12:27:02Z

checked

Terryn, Yves

2012-09-10 12:53:19Z

checked

Terryn, Yves

2020-02-01 07:28:27Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description Smith, E. A. (1873). Remarks on a few species belonging to the family Terebridae, and descriptions of several new forms in the collection of the British Museum. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 4, 11: 262-271., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25121192
page(s): 266-267. [details]

basis of record Bratcher T. & Cernohorsky W.O. (1987). Living terebras of the world. A monograph of the recent Terebridae of the world. American Malacologists, Melbourne, Florida & Burlington, Massachusetts. 240pp. [details]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Bratcher T. & Cernohorsky W.O. (1987). Living terebras of the world. A monograph of the recent Terebridae of the world. American Malacologists, Melbourne, Florida & Burlington, Massachusetts. 240pp. [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)