WoRMS taxon details
Colpospira J. Donald, 1900
446487 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:446487)
accepted
Genus
Turritella runcinata R. B. Watson, 1881 accepted as Colpospira runcinata (R. B. Watson, 1881) (type by original designation)
Colpospira (Acutospira) Kotaka, 1959 † · alternative representation
Colpospira (Colpospira) J. Donald, 1900 · alternative representation
Colpospira (Ctenocolpus) Iredale, 1925 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Colpospira (Platycolpus) J. Donald, 1900 · unaccepted
Ctenocolpus Iredale, 1925 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Platycolpus J. Donald, 1900 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Turritella (Colpospira) J. Donald, 1900 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Turritella (Ctenocolpus) Iredale, 1925 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Colpospira accisa (R. B. Watson, 1881)
- Species Colpospira atkinsoni (Tate & May, 1900)
- Species Colpospira australis (Lamarck, 1822)
- Species Colpospira bundilla Garrard, 1972
- Species Colpospira circumligata (Verco, 1910)
- Species Colpospira cordismei (R. B. Watson, 1881)
- Species Colpospira curialis (Hedley, 1907)
- Species Colpospira decoramen (Iredale, 1936)
- Species Colpospira deliciosa (R. B. Watson, 1881)
- Species Colpospira guillaumei Iredale, 1924
- Species Colpospira joannae (Hedley, 1923)
- Species Colpospira mediolevis (Verco, 1910)
- Species Colpospira moretonensis Garrard, 1972
- Species Colpospira musgravia Garrard, 1982
- Species Colpospira quadrata (J. Donald, 1900)
- Species Colpospira runcinata (R. B. Watson, 1881)
- Species Colpospira sinuata (Reeve, 1849)
- Species Colpospira smithiana (J. Donald, 1900)
- Species Colpospira sophiae (Brazier, 1883)
- Species Colpospira swainsiana Garrard, 1982
- Species Colpospira translucida Garrard, 1972
- Species Colpospira wollumbi Garrard, 1972
- Species Colpospira yarramundi Garrard, 1972
- Subgenus Colpospira (Ctenocolpus) Iredale, 1925 accepted as Colpospira J. Donald, 1900 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Colpospira (Ctenocolpus) australis (Lamarck, 1822) represented as Colpospira australis (Lamarck, 1822)
- Subgenus Colpospira (Platycolpus) J. Donald, 1900 accepted as Colpospira J. Donald, 1900
- Species Colpospira (Platycolpus) musgravia Garrard, 1982 accepted as Colpospira musgravia Garrard, 1982 (Original combination)
- Species Colpospira (Platycolpus) quadrata (J. Donald, 1900) accepted as Colpospira quadrata (J. Donald, 1900)
- Species Colpospira aquamarina Garrard, 1972 accepted as Colpospira cordismei (R. B. Watson, 1881) (superseded combination)
- Species Colpospira congelata (A. Adams & Reeve, 1849) accepted as Turritella congelata A. Adams & Reeve, 1849 (Alternate representation)
- Species Colpospira indigena Garrard, 1972 accepted as Colpospira moretonensis Garrard, 1972 (superseded combination)
- Subgenus Colpospira (Colpospira) J. Donald, 1900 represented as Colpospira J. Donald, 1900
- Species Colpospira (Colpospira) aquamarina Garrard, 1972 accepted as Colpospira cordismei (R. B. Watson, 1881) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Colpospira (Colpospira) bundilla Garrard, 1972 accepted as Colpospira bundilla Garrard, 1972 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Colpospira (Colpospira) indigena Garrard, 1972 accepted as Colpospira moretonensis Garrard, 1972 (Synonym - Original combination)
- Species Colpospira (Colpospira) mediolevis (Verco, 1910) accepted as Colpospira mediolevis (Verco, 1910) (Alternate representation)
- Species Colpospira (Colpospira) moretonensis Garrard, 1972 accepted as Colpospira moretonensis Garrard, 1972 (Original combination)
- Species Colpospira (Colpospira) runcinata (R. B. Watson, 1881) accepted as Colpospira runcinata (R. B. Watson, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Colpospira (Colpospira) sinuata (Reeve, 1849) accepted as Colpospira sinuata (Reeve, 1849) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Colpospira (Colpospira) sophiae (Brazier, 1883) accepted as Colpospira sophiae (Brazier, 1883)
- Species Colpospira (Colpospira) translucida Garrard, 1972 accepted as Colpospira translucida Garrard, 1972 (Original combination)
- Species Colpospira (Colpospira) wollumbi Garrard, 1972 accepted as Colpospira wollumbi Garrard, 1972 (Original combination)
marine
recent only
Donald, J. (1900). On some recent Gastropoda referred to the family Turritellidae and their supposed relationship to the Murchisoniidae. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 4: 47-55.
page(s): 51 [details]
page(s): 51 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Colpospira J. Donald, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446487 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Donald, J. (1900). On some recent Gastropoda referred to the family Turritellidae and their supposed relationship to the Murchisoniidae. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 4: 47-55.
page(s): 51 [details]
original description (of Ctenocolpus Iredale, 1925) Iredale, T. (1925). Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 14(4): 243-270, pls 41-43., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/iredale-1925-rec-aust-mus-144-243270/
page(s): 266 [details]
original description (of Colpospira (Acutospira) Kotaka, 1959 †) Kotaka, T. (1959). The Cenozoic Turritellidae of japan. <em>The science reports of the Tohoku University.</em> Second series, 3:1- 135, 15 pls, 3 tabs . 7 charts.
page(s): p. 101. [details]
original description (of Platycolpus J. Donald, 1900) Donald, J. (1900). On some recent Gastropoda referred to the family Turritellidae and their supposed relationship to the Murchisoniidae. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 4: 47-55.
page(s): 53 [details]
page(s): 51 [details]
original description (of Ctenocolpus Iredale, 1925) Iredale, T. (1925). Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 14(4): 243-270, pls 41-43., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/iredale-1925-rec-aust-mus-144-243270/
page(s): 266 [details]
original description (of Colpospira (Acutospira) Kotaka, 1959 †) Kotaka, T. (1959). The Cenozoic Turritellidae of japan. <em>The science reports of the Tohoku University.</em> Second series, 3:1- 135, 15 pls, 3 tabs . 7 charts.
page(s): p. 101. [details]
original description (of Platycolpus J. Donald, 1900) Donald, J. (1900). On some recent Gastropoda referred to the family Turritellidae and their supposed relationship to the Murchisoniidae. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 4: 47-55.
page(s): 53 [details]
Other
additional source
Cotton, B. C. & Godfrey, F. K. (1931). South Australian Shells. Part I. <em>The South Australian Naturalist.</em> 12 (4): 51-63, pls. I-II., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42129224
page(s): p. 57. [details]
additional source Finlay, H. J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 57: 320-485, pls 18-23 [dated 1927, published Dec, 1926]., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_57/rsnz_57_00_003550.html
page(s): p. 387. [details]
page(s): p. 57. [details]
additional source Finlay, H. J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 57: 320-485, pls 18-23 [dated 1927, published Dec, 1926]., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_57/rsnz_57_00_003550.html
page(s): p. 387. [details]



