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Turritella turris Basterot, 1825 †
1343036 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1343036)
accepted
Species
Turritella (Archimediella) turris Basterot, 1825 † · unaccepted
Turritella (Haustator) eryna A. d'Orbigny, 1852 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turritella (Haustator) subtriplicata A. d'Orbigny, 1852 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turritella (Haustator) turris Basterot, 1825 † · alternative representation
Turritella (Haustator) vasatensis de Lapparent & Fritel, 1886 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turritella (Turritella) turris Basterot, 1825 † · alternative representation
Turritella (Turritella) turris var. laeviuscula Sacco, 1895 † · unaccepted > junior homonym (Invalid: preoccupied...)
Invalid: preoccupied infraspecific epithet. Not Turritella laeviuscula J. de C. Sowerby, 1832)
Turritella eryna A. d'Orbigny, 1852 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turritella subtriplicata A. d'Orbigny, 1852 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turritella vasatensis de Lapparent & Fritel, 1886 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (tentative junior subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Turritella turris pasinii De Gregorio, 1883 † accepted as Ptychidia vindobonensis (Geinitz, 1846) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Turritella turris var. aquitanica Gümbel, 1861 † (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Variety Turritella turris var. asologermanica De Gregorio, 1899 † accepted as Ptychidia vindobonensis (Geinitz, 1846) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Turritella turris var. duplicata Friedberg, 1909 † accepted as Ptychidia vindobonensis (Geinitz, 1846) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Junior homonym of Turritella duplicata (Linnaeus, 1758) and others. No replacement name required at present.)
- Variety Turritella turris var. gracilis Friedberg, 1914 † accepted as Ptychidia vindobonensis (Geinitz, 1846) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Junior homonym of Turritella gracilis (BBrocchi, 1814), nec H. C. Lea, 1841 a. m. o. No replacement required at present.)
- Variety Turritella turris var. oligocincta Friedberg, 1909 † accepted as Ptychidia vindobonensis (Geinitz, 1846) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Turritella turris var. pasinii De Gregorio, 1883 † accepted as Turritella turris pasinii De Gregorio, 1883 † accepted as Ptychidia vindobonensis (Geinitz, 1846) † (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Variety Turritella turris var. quidquid De Gregorio, 1899 † accepted as Ptychidia vindobonensis (Geinitz, 1846) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Turritella turris var. rotundata Schaffer, 1912 † accepted as Ptychidia austrorotundata Harzhauser & Landau, 2019 † (unaccepted > junior homonym, Junior homonym of Turritella rotundata Grzybowski, 1899. Ptychidia austrorotundata Harzhauser & Landau, 2019 is a replacement name.)
- Variety Turritella turris var. sexcincta Friedberg, 1909 † accepted as Ptychidia vindobonensis (Geinitz, 1846) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Junior homonym of Turritella sexcincta G. A. Goldfuss, 1844. No replacement required at present.)
- Variety Turritella turris var. studeri Rutsch, 1929 † accepted as Ptychidia studeri (Rutsch, 1929) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Variety Turritella turris var. tricincta Friedberg, 1909 † accepted as Ptychidia vindobonensis (Geinitz, 1846) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Junior homonym of Turritella tricincta Borson, 1821 and many others. No replacement name required at present.)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Basterot, B. de. (1825). Description géologique du bassin tertiaire du sud-ouest de la France. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, deuxième série.</em> 2(1): 1-100, 7 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3591528
page(s): p. 29, n. 4, pl. 1, fig. 11. [details]
page(s): p. 29, n. 4, pl. 1, fig. 11. [details]
Type locality contained in France
type locality contained in France [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Turritella turris Basterot, 1825 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1343036 on 2026-10-07
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original description
Basterot, B. de. (1825). Description géologique du bassin tertiaire du sud-ouest de la France. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, deuxième série.</em> 2(1): 1-100, 7 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3591528
page(s): p. 29, n. 4, pl. 1, fig. 11. [details]
original description (of Turritella vasatensis de Lapparent & Fritel, 1886 †) Lapparent, A. de; Fritel, P. (1886). Fossiles caractéristiques des terrains sédimentaires. Fossiles tertiaires. F. Savy, Paris, 12 pls., available online at https://books.google.de/books?id=EI4s2H2ARaoC
page(s): pl. 9, fig. 3; note: authorship attributed to Tournouër based on a manuscript [details]
original description (of Turritella subtriplicata A. d'Orbigny, 1852 †) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1852). Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés, faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques. Vol. 3. 196 pp., unpaginated erratum, table of contents 189 pp. Paris: Victor Masson. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31730040
page(s): p. 32, no. 431 [details]
original description (of Turritella eryna A. d'Orbigny, 1852 †) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1852). Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés, faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques. Vol. 3. 196 pp., unpaginated erratum, table of contents 189 pp. Paris: Victor Masson. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31730040
page(s): p. 31, no. 429.; note: Nom. nov. pro Turritella imbricataria as listed by Grateloup (non-Lamarck, 1804) [details]
original description (of Turritella (Turritella) turris var. laeviuscula Sacco, 1895 †) Sacco, F. (1895) I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XIX. (Turritellidae e Mathildidae). Carlo Clausen, Torino, 43 pp., 3 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47238
page(s): p. 4, pl. 1, fig. 3. [details]
basis of record Thivaiou D., Harzhauser M. & Koskeridou E. (2019). Early Miocene gastropods from the Felli section (Proto-Mediterranean Sea, NW Greece). <em>Geodiversitas.</em> 41(8): 323-366., available online at http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/geodiversitas/41/8
page(s): 336, figs 4H1-H4 [details]
additional source Gümbel, C. W. v. (1861). Geognostische Beschreibung des bayerischen Alpengebirges und seines Vorlandes. Justus Perthes, Gotha, xx + 950 pp., 42 pls., available online at http://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb10806180_00005.html
page(s): p. 686, 691, 746, 753, 763, 767, 774, 789. [details]
additional source Mayer-Eymar K. (1883). Die Versteinerungen der tertiären Schichten von der westlichen Insel im Birket-el-Qurùn-See. <em>Paleontographica.</em> 30(5-6): 67-78.
page(s): p. 76-77, n. 13, pl. 23(1), fig. 7.; note: Considered a misapplication by Mayer-Eymar, 1902, and assimilated with Turritella assimilis<.i> J. De C. Sowerby, 1840. [details]
page(s): p. 29, n. 4, pl. 1, fig. 11. [details]
original description (of Turritella vasatensis de Lapparent & Fritel, 1886 †) Lapparent, A. de; Fritel, P. (1886). Fossiles caractéristiques des terrains sédimentaires. Fossiles tertiaires. F. Savy, Paris, 12 pls., available online at https://books.google.de/books?id=EI4s2H2ARaoC
page(s): pl. 9, fig. 3; note: authorship attributed to Tournouër based on a manuscript [details]
original description (of Turritella subtriplicata A. d'Orbigny, 1852 †) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1852). Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés, faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques. Vol. 3. 196 pp., unpaginated erratum, table of contents 189 pp. Paris: Victor Masson. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31730040
page(s): p. 32, no. 431 [details]
original description (of Turritella eryna A. d'Orbigny, 1852 †) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1852). Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés, faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques. Vol. 3. 196 pp., unpaginated erratum, table of contents 189 pp. Paris: Victor Masson. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31730040
page(s): p. 31, no. 429.; note: Nom. nov. pro Turritella imbricataria as listed by Grateloup (non-Lamarck, 1804) [details]
original description (of Turritella (Turritella) turris var. laeviuscula Sacco, 1895 †) Sacco, F. (1895) I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XIX. (Turritellidae e Mathildidae). Carlo Clausen, Torino, 43 pp., 3 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47238
page(s): p. 4, pl. 1, fig. 3. [details]
basis of record Thivaiou D., Harzhauser M. & Koskeridou E. (2019). Early Miocene gastropods from the Felli section (Proto-Mediterranean Sea, NW Greece). <em>Geodiversitas.</em> 41(8): 323-366., available online at http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/geodiversitas/41/8
page(s): 336, figs 4H1-H4 [details]
additional source Gümbel, C. W. v. (1861). Geognostische Beschreibung des bayerischen Alpengebirges und seines Vorlandes. Justus Perthes, Gotha, xx + 950 pp., 42 pls., available online at http://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb10806180_00005.html
page(s): p. 686, 691, 746, 753, 763, 767, 774, 789. [details]
additional source Mayer-Eymar K. (1883). Die Versteinerungen der tertiären Schichten von der westlichen Insel im Birket-el-Qurùn-See. <em>Paleontographica.</em> 30(5-6): 67-78.
page(s): p. 76-77, n. 13, pl. 23(1), fig. 7.; note: Considered a misapplication by Mayer-Eymar, 1902, and assimilated with Turritella assimilis<.i> J. De C. Sowerby, 1840. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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