MolluscaBase name details
Turritella gracilis H. C. Lea, 1841 †
1486433 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1486433)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Lea, H. C. (1841). Descriptions of some new species of fossil shells from the Eocene at Claiborne, Alabama. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts, series.</em> ser. 1, 40(1): 92-103, 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26257259
page(s): p. 97, pl. 1, fig. 12. [details]
page(s): p. 97, pl. 1, fig. 12. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Turritella gracilis H. C. Lea, 1841 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1486433 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Lea, H. C. (1841). Descriptions of some new species of fossil shells from the Eocene at Claiborne, Alabama. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts, series.</em> ser. 1, 40(1): 92-103, 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26257259
page(s): p. 97, pl. 1, fig. 12. [details]
source of synonymy Allmon, W. D. (1996). Systematics and Evolution of Cenozoic American Turritellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) I: Paleocene and Eocene Coastal Plain Species Related to "<i> Turritella mortoni </i> Conrad" and "<i>Turritella humerosa</i> Conrad". <em>Palaeontographica Americana.</em> Number 59, pp. 134, 14 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28875151#page/3/mode/1up
page(s): p. 68. [details]
page(s): p. 97, pl. 1, fig. 12. [details]
source of synonymy Allmon, W. D. (1996). Systematics and Evolution of Cenozoic American Turritellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) I: Paleocene and Eocene Coastal Plain Species Related to "<i> Turritella mortoni </i> Conrad" and "<i>Turritella humerosa</i> Conrad". <em>Palaeontographica Americana.</em> Number 59, pp. 134, 14 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28875151#page/3/mode/1up
page(s): p. 68. [details]
