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Turbo cidaris natalensis (Krauss, 1848)
225149 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225149)
accepted
Subspecies
Turbo (Sarmaticus) cidaris natalensis Krauss, 1848 · alternative representation
Turbo natalensis Reeve, 1848 · unaccepted (homonym and synonym of T....)
homonym and synonym of T. natalensis Krauss, 1848
Turbo natalensis Krauss, 1848 · unaccepted (original rank)
Turbo natalensis var. unicolor W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Turbo natalensis Krauss, 1848) Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 101, pl. 6, fig. 1. [details]
page(s): 101, pl. 6, fig. 1. [details]
Type locality contained in Natal
type locality contained in Natal [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Taxonomy Some authors place the name in the subgenus Turbo (Sarmaticus)
Taxonomy Some authors place the name in the subgenus Turbo (Sarmaticus) [details]
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original description
(of Turbo natalensis Krauss, 1848) Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 101, pl. 6, fig. 1. [details]
original description (of Turbo natalensis var. unicolor W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 176. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Turbo natalensis Reeve, 1848) Reeve, L. A. (1848). Monograph of the genus <i>Turbo</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 4, pl. 1-13 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [Stated dates: pls. 1-5, Jan. 1848; 6-7, Feb. 1848; 8-11, Mar. 1848; 12-13, Apr. 1848]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27376090 [details]
basis of record Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2003). A Conchological Iconography: The Family Turbinidae, Subfamily Turbininae, Genus Turbo. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany. [details]
additional source Herbert D.G. (2015). An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4049(1): 1-98., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4049.1.1
page(s): 72 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 48 [details]
identification resource Kilburn R.N. (1974). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (3): Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, with descriptions of new taxa of Naticidae, Fasciolariidae, Magilidae, Volutomitridae and Turridae. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 22: 187-220. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 101, pl. 6, fig. 1. [details]
original description (of Turbo natalensis var. unicolor W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 176. [details] Available for editors

original description (of Turbo natalensis Reeve, 1848) Reeve, L. A. (1848). Monograph of the genus <i>Turbo</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 4, pl. 1-13 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [Stated dates: pls. 1-5, Jan. 1848; 6-7, Feb. 1848; 8-11, Mar. 1848; 12-13, Apr. 1848]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27376090 [details]
basis of record Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2003). A Conchological Iconography: The Family Turbinidae, Subfamily Turbininae, Genus Turbo. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany. [details]
additional source Herbert D.G. (2015). An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4049(1): 1-98., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4049.1.1
page(s): 72 [details] Available for editors

additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 48 [details]
identification resource Kilburn R.N. (1974). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (3): Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, with descriptions of new taxa of Naticidae, Fasciolariidae, Magilidae, Volutomitridae and Turridae. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 22: 187-220. [details] Available for editors





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Taxonomy Some authors place the name in the subgenus Turbo (Sarmaticus) [details]
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To Conchology (Turbo cidaris natalensis)
To Conchology (Turbo cidaris natalensis)
To Conchology (Turbo cidaris natalensis)
To Malacopics (Turbo cidaris natalensis (Krauss, 1848) South Africa, Eastern Cape, East-London, collected February 1975, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Conchology (Turbo cidaris natalensis)
To Conchology (Turbo cidaris natalensis)
To Conchology (Turbo cidaris natalensis)
To Malacopics (Turbo cidaris natalensis (Krauss, 1848) South Africa, Eastern Cape, East-London, collected February 1975, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)