WoRMS taxon details
Turritella capensis Krauss, 1848
446541 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:446541)
accepted
Species
Protoma (Protomella) capensis (Krauss, 1848) · unaccepted
Protoma (Protomella) pulchra G. B. Sowerby III, 1905 · unaccepted
Protoma capensis (Krauss, 1848) · unaccepted
Protoma pulchra G. B. Sowerby III, 1905 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Protomella capensis (Krauss, 1848) · unaccepted
Turritella knysnaensis Krauss, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turritella stimpsoni Bartsch, 1915 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
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): 106, pl. 6 fig. 8 [details]
page(s): 106, pl. 6 fig. 8 [details]
Type locality contained in South African Coast
type locality contained in South African Coast [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Turritella capensis Krauss, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446541 on 2025-03-13
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Nomenclature
original description
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): 106, pl. 6 fig. 8 [details]
original description (of Turritella knysnaensis Krauss, 1848) 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]
original description (of Protoma pulchra G. B. Sowerby III, 1905) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1905). Descriptions of seven new species of marine Mollusca from the collection of the late Admiral Keppel. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 6(5): 279-282., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15176410
page(s): 281-282 [details]
original description (of Turritella stimpsoni Bartsch, 1915) Bartsch, P. (1915). Report on the Turton Collection of South African marine mollusks, with additional notes on other South African shells contained in the United States National Museum. <em>Bulletin. United States National Museum.</em> 91: xii + 305 pp., 54 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32699
page(s): 118, pl. 5, fig. 8. [details]
page(s): 106, pl. 6 fig. 8 [details]
original description (of Turritella knysnaensis Krauss, 1848) 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]
original description (of Protoma pulchra G. B. Sowerby III, 1905) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1905). Descriptions of seven new species of marine Mollusca from the collection of the late Admiral Keppel. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 6(5): 279-282., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15176410
page(s): 281-282 [details]
original description (of Turritella stimpsoni Bartsch, 1915) Bartsch, P. (1915). Report on the Turton Collection of South African marine mollusks, with additional notes on other South African shells contained in the United States National Museum. <em>Bulletin. United States National Museum.</em> 91: xii + 305 pp., 54 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32699
page(s): 118, pl. 5, fig. 8. [details]
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Turritella stimpsoni Bartsch, 1915) USNM 193, geounit South African part of the South Atlantic Ocean [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | waxy screw shell [from synonym] | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Protomella capensis (Krauss, 1848))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Protoma pulchra G. B. Sowerby III, 1905)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Turritella capensis)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Protomella capensis (Krauss, 1848))
To Malacopics (Turritella capensis Krauss, 1848 )
To Malacopics (Turritella capensis Krauss, 1848 )
To Malacopics (Turritella capensis Krauss, 1848 South Africa, Western Cape, Knysna, Knysna Lagoon,...
To NHMUK Zoology collection database (from synonym Protoma pulchra G. B. Sowerby III, 1905)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Turritella stimpsoni Bartsch, 1915)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Protoma pulchra G. B. Sowerby III, 1905)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Turritella capensis)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Protomella capensis (Krauss, 1848))
To Malacopics (Turritella capensis Krauss, 1848 )
To Malacopics (Turritella capensis Krauss, 1848 )
To Malacopics (Turritella capensis Krauss, 1848 South Africa, Western Cape, Knysna, Knysna Lagoon,...
To NHMUK Zoology collection database (from synonym Protoma pulchra G. B. Sowerby III, 1905)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Turritella stimpsoni Bartsch, 1915)
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