MolluscaBase name details
Turritella plana E. T. Nelson, 1870 †
1738872 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1738872)
unaccepted > junior homonym (junior primary homonym of Turritella plana McCoy, 1846 and Turritella plana Brinkhorst, 1861. Turritella alturana Spieker, 1922 is a replacement name.)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Nelson, E. T. (1870). On the molluscan fauna of the later Tertiary of Peru. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Science.</em> 2: 186-206, pls 6-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7502942
page(s): 188 [details]
page(s): 188 [details]
Type locality contained in Peru
type locality contained in Peru [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Turritella plana E. T. Nelson, 1870 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1738872 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Nelson, E. T. (1870). On the molluscan fauna of the later Tertiary of Peru. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Science.</em> 2: 186-206, pls 6-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7502942
page(s): 188 [details]
replacement name source Spieker, E. M. (1922). The paleontology of the Zorritos Formation of the north Peruvian oil fields. <em>The Johns Hopkins University, Studies in Geology.</em> 3: 1-197, pls. 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19066928
page(s): p. 62-63, plate 2, fig. 13. [details]
page(s): 188 [details]
replacement name source Spieker, E. M. (1922). The paleontology of the Zorritos Formation of the north Peruvian oil fields. <em>The Johns Hopkins University, Studies in Geology.</em> 3: 1-197, pls. 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19066928
page(s): p. 62-63, plate 2, fig. 13. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
