MolluscaBase taxon details
Colpospira australis (Lamarck, 1822)
446505 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:446505)
accepted
Species
Cerithium excavatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1865 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Colpospira (Ctenocolpus) australis (Lamarck, 1822) · alternative representation
Ctenocolpus australis (Lamarck, 1822) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Ctenocolpus australis diffidens Iredale, 1925 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turritella (Ctenocolpus) australis Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Turritella (Zaria) australis Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Turritella australis Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Turritella granulifera Tenison Woods, 1876 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Turritella australis Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): 59, n. 12 [details]
page(s): 59, n. 12 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Colpospira australis (Lamarck, 1822). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446505 on 2025-09-12
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original description
(of Turritella australis Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): 59, n. 12 [details]
original description (of Ctenocolpus australis diffidens Iredale, 1925) Iredale, T. (1925). Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 14(4): 243-270, pls 41-43., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/iredale-1925-rec-aust-mus-144-243270/
page(s): 267 [details]
original description (of Turritella granulifera Tenison Woods, 1876) Tenison Woods, J. E. (1876). Descriptions of new Tasmanian shells. <em>Papers and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> 1875: 134–162., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12289117
page(s): 143 [details]
original description (of Cerithium excavatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1865) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1865-1866). Monograph of the genus <i>Cerithium</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 15, pls 1-20 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London [stated dates: pls. 2-13, Oct. 1865; 1, 14-20, Dec. 1865]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10972735
page(s): pl. 20, sp. 148 [details]
basis of record Grove, S. 2011. The Seashells of Tasmania: A Comprehensive Guide. Taroona, Australia: Taroona Publications. [vi], 81.
page(s): 38 [details]
additional source Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 83: 37-206.
page(s): 52 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 59, n. 12 [details]
original description (of Ctenocolpus australis diffidens Iredale, 1925) Iredale, T. (1925). Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 14(4): 243-270, pls 41-43., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/iredale-1925-rec-aust-mus-144-243270/
page(s): 267 [details]
original description (of Turritella granulifera Tenison Woods, 1876) Tenison Woods, J. E. (1876). Descriptions of new Tasmanian shells. <em>Papers and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> 1875: 134–162., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12289117
page(s): 143 [details]
original description (of Cerithium excavatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1865) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1865-1866). Monograph of the genus <i>Cerithium</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 15, pls 1-20 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London [stated dates: pls. 2-13, Oct. 1865; 1, 14-20, Dec. 1865]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10972735
page(s): pl. 20, sp. 148 [details]
basis of record Grove, S. 2011. The Seashells of Tasmania: A Comprehensive Guide. Taroona, Australia: Taroona Publications. [vi], 81.
page(s): 38 [details]
additional source Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 83: 37-206.
page(s): 52 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Turritella granulifera Tenison Woods, 1876)
To Malacopics (Colpospira australis (Lamarck, 1822) Australia, Tasmania, Saltwater River, ex coll. H.H.M. Vermeij .)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Turritella granulifera Tenison Woods, 1876)
To Malacopics (Colpospira australis (Lamarck, 1822) Australia, Tasmania, Saltwater River, ex coll. H.H.M. Vermeij .)
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