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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Mollusca (phylum)  »  Gastropoda (class)  »  Neogastropoda (order)  »  Turridae (family)

CAAB Code: 24 220006 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
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Turris clausifossata   Kilburn, Fedosov & Olivera, 2012

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 24 - Mollusca - Gastropoda Gastropods (univalve molluscs, slugs, snails etc.)
Family: 24 220 Turridae (turrids) - show full list
Common Name: [a turrid shell]
Organism Type: a turrid shell
Synonyms: Turris undosa
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Marine unspecified
Parent Codes: 24 220965     Turris spp.
Taxon Notes:This taxon, described and illustrated by Wilson (1994) as Turris undosa (Lamarck, 1816), is not that species. It shows great similarity to the Indian species T. clausifossata, and was synonymised with it by Kilburn et. al., 2012, but further work is needed to confirm its identity.

Identifiers:
Cleveland M2030311
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:596569
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-12
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
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Record source: Wilson, B., 1994, Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods Pt II. Odyssey Publishing, Leederville, W.A.
Scientific Name
verified against
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Kilburn, R.N., Fedosov, A.E., Olivera, B.M., 2012. Revision of the genus Turris Batsch, 1789 (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Turridae) with the description of six new species., Zootaxa, Vol. 3244: 1-58.
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