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Turritella obsoleta J. De C. Sowerby, 1839 †
1606505 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1606505)
unaccepted > junior homonym (Junior secondary homonym of Turritella obsoleta (Gmelin, 1791). Turritella absoluta Goldfuss, 1844 is the first available name for this species.)
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Murchison, R. I. (1839). The Silurian system, founded on geological researches in the counties of Salop, Hereford, Radnor, Montgomery, Caermarthen, Brecon, Pembroke, Monmouth, Gloucester, Worcester, and Stafford : with descriptions of the coalfields and overlying formations. [Book, 3 volumes, vol 1 by Murchison] John Murray, Albemarle Street., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/88029#/summary
page(s): p. 603, pl. 3, figs 7a, 12f [details]
page(s): p. 603, pl. 3, figs 7a, 12f [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Turritella obsoleta J. De C. Sowerby, 1839 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1606505 on 2025-09-11
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Murchison, R. I. (1839). The Silurian system, founded on geological researches in the counties of Salop, Hereford, Radnor, Montgomery, Caermarthen, Brecon, Pembroke, Monmouth, Gloucester, Worcester, and Stafford : with descriptions of the coalfields and overlying formations. [Book, 3 volumes, vol 1 by Murchison] John Murray, Albemarle Street., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/88029#/summary
page(s): p. 603, pl. 3, figs 7a, 12f [details]
page(s): p. 603, pl. 3, figs 7a, 12f [details]
