MolluscaBase taxon details
Turritella subvariabilis A. d'Orbigny, 1852 †
1468223 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1468223)
accepted
Species
Turritella variabilis Conrad, 1830 † · unaccepted > junior homonym (Junior primary homonym of...)
Junior primary homonym of Turritella variabilis Defrance, 1828. Replaced by Turritella subvariabilis Orbigny, 1852
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1850-1852). <i>Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés, faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques</i>. Paris: Masson. vol. 1 [January 1850 ("1849")]: lx + 394 pp.; vol. 2 [November 1850]: 427 pp.; vol. 3 [1852]: 196 pp. + Table alphabétique et synonymique des genres et des espèces: 189 pp; addenda, errata, Table of Contents: unpaginated., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.45605
page(s): Vol. 3, p. 32, n. 448. [details]
page(s): Vol. 3, p. 32, n. 448. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Turritella subvariabilis A. d'Orbigny, 1852 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1468223 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1850-1852). <i>Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés, faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques</i>. Paris: Masson. vol. 1 [January 1850 ("1849")]: lx + 394 pp.; vol. 2 [November 1850]: 427 pp.; vol. 3 [1852]: 196 pp. + Table alphabétique et synonymique des genres et des espèces: 189 pp; addenda, errata, Table of Contents: unpaginated., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.45605
page(s): Vol. 3, p. 32, n. 448. [details]
original description (of Turritella variabilis Conrad, 1830 †) Conrad, T. A. (1830). On the geology and organic remains of a part of the peninsula of Maryland; with appendix; containing descriptions of twenty-nine new species of fossil shells, noticed in the preceding paper. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 6 (2): 205-230, pls 9-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24677623
page(s): p. 211, p. 221, n. 2, pl. 10, fig. 3. [details]
additional source Ward, L. W. (1992). Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene, Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America. <em>Virginia Museum of Natural History Memoir.</em> 2: 1-147, 36 figs., 26 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63498715
page(s): 116-117, pl. 8, fig. 4 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): Vol. 3, p. 32, n. 448. [details]
original description (of Turritella variabilis Conrad, 1830 †) Conrad, T. A. (1830). On the geology and organic remains of a part of the peninsula of Maryland; with appendix; containing descriptions of twenty-nine new species of fossil shells, noticed in the preceding paper. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 6 (2): 205-230, pls 9-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24677623
page(s): p. 211, p. 221, n. 2, pl. 10, fig. 3. [details]
additional source Ward, L. W. (1992). Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene, Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America. <em>Virginia Museum of Natural History Memoir.</em> 2: 1-147, 36 figs., 26 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63498715
page(s): 116-117, pl. 8, fig. 4 [details] Available for editors
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