WoRMS taxon details
Turbonilla basilica Melvill, 1898
738816 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:738816)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Melvill, J. C. (1898). Further investigations into the molluscan fauna of the Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and the Gulf of Oman, with the descriptions of forty species. <em>Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society.</em> 42(4): 1-40, pls 1-2., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36322938
page(s): 22, pl. 1, fig. 9. [details]
page(s): 22, pl. 1, fig. 9. [details]
Type locality contained in Iranian part of the Persian Gulf
type locality contained in Iranian part of the Persian Gulf [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Turbonilla basilica Melvill, 1898. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=738816 on 2025-04-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Melvill, J. C. (1898). Further investigations into the molluscan fauna of the Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and the Gulf of Oman, with the descriptions of forty species. <em>Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society.</em> 42(4): 1-40, pls 1-2., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36322938
page(s): 22, pl. 1, fig. 9. [details]
basis of record Melvill, J. C. (1910). A revision of the species of the family Pyramidellidae occurring in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and North Arabian Sea, as exemplified mostly in the collections made by Mr. F.W. Townsend (1893-1900), with descriptions of new species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 9: 171-207, pls 4-6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30825003
page(s): 182 [details]
page(s): 22, pl. 1, fig. 9. [details]
basis of record Melvill, J. C. (1910). A revision of the species of the family Pyramidellidae occurring in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and North Arabian Sea, as exemplified mostly in the collections made by Mr. F.W. Townsend (1893-1900), with descriptions of new species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 9: 171-207, pls 4-6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30825003
page(s): 182 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
