MolluscaBase name details
Urocoptis turneri Pilsbry, 1929
1555887 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1555887)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
- Subspecies Urocoptis turneri mercedesensis Pilsbry, 1929 accepted as Torrecoptis mercedesensis (Pilsbry, 1929) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Pilsbry, H. A. (1929). Studies on West Indian Mollusks, II: The locomotion of Urocoptidae and descriptions of new forms. <em>Proceedings of the Academy Natural Sciences Philadelphia.</em> 81: 449-467., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4064040.pdf?refreqid=fastly-default%3A27d690f62c5a94e1038868c2d5e8c2a9&ab_segments=&initiator=&acceptTC=1
page(s): 458-459, figs. 4a, pl. 15, figs. 1-2 [details]
page(s): 458-459, figs. 4a, pl. 15, figs. 1-2 [details]
Type locality contained in Cuba
, Note around the mouth of a small cave near Jucaro,...
type locality contained in Cuba [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality around the mouth of a small cave near Jucaro, about 7 km east of Miranda Central, Oriente [details]
Etymology Named for Mr. H. W. Turner, assistant manager of the Compania Azucarera Central Miranda.
Etymology Named for Mr. H. W. Turner, assistant manager of the Compania Azucarera Central Miranda. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Urocoptis turneri Pilsbry, 1929. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1555887 on 2025-09-12
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original description
Pilsbry, H. A. (1929). Studies on West Indian Mollusks, II: The locomotion of Urocoptidae and descriptions of new forms. <em>Proceedings of the Academy Natural Sciences Philadelphia.</em> 81: 449-467., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4064040.pdf?refreqid=fastly-default%3A27d690f62c5a94e1038868c2d5e8c2a9&ab_segments=&initiator=&acceptTC=1
page(s): 458-459, figs. 4a, pl. 15, figs. 1-2 [details]
redescription de la Torre, C. & Bartsch, P. (2008 [posthumous work]). <i>Los moluscos terrestres cubanos de la familia Urocoptidae: edición homenaje al 150 aniversario del natalicio de don Carlos de la Torre</i>. xxxvii + 730 pp. +28 pp. Habana: Editorial Científico-Técnica.
page(s): 107, fig. on page 107 [details]
subsequent type designation Baker, H. B. (1963). Type land snails in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Part II. Land Pulmonata, exclusive of North America north of Mexico. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 115 (8): 191-259. Philadelphia [22 November].
page(s): 226 [details]
page(s): 458-459, figs. 4a, pl. 15, figs. 1-2 [details]
redescription de la Torre, C. & Bartsch, P. (2008 [posthumous work]). <i>Los moluscos terrestres cubanos de la familia Urocoptidae: edición homenaje al 150 aniversario del natalicio de don Carlos de la Torre</i>. xxxvii + 730 pp. +28 pp. Habana: Editorial Científico-Técnica.
page(s): 107, fig. on page 107 [details]
subsequent type designation Baker, H. B. (1963). Type land snails in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Part II. Land Pulmonata, exclusive of North America north of Mexico. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 115 (8): 191-259. Philadelphia [22 November].
page(s): 226 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype ANSP 147844 [details]
