WoRMS taxon details
Turritella fastigiata A. Adams & Reeve, 1849
446555 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:446555)
accepted
Species
Archimediella fastigiata (A. Adams & Reeve, 1849) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Reeve, L. A. (1849). Monograph of the genus <i>Turritella</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 5, pl. 1-11 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-8: May, 1849; 9-11: June 1849]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8967277
page(s): pl. 10, sp. 48. [details]
page(s): pl. 10, sp. 48. [details]
Type locality contained in China Sea
type locality contained in China Sea [details]
Taxonomy 3 specimens, syntypes, NHMUK 1969270. All three specimens are well preserved, and the smallest two have the early...
Taxonomy 3 specimens, syntypes, NHMUK 1969270. All three specimens are well preserved, and the smallest two have the early teleoconch - which is very much like the early teleoconch of Turritella terebra (Linnaeus, 1758) and allied species - intact or nearly intact. Examination of this very fine early teleoconch has shown that the first whorls are immediately decorated with 3 cords (as of the first post-larval whorl cf smallest syntype), being a stronger median keel, and two less strong keels, of which one above, and the other below the median keel. As the main characteristic of the genus Archimediella is the immediate post-larval appearance of two equal keels forming a bicarinate sculpture (as is seen after the early teleoconch which is missing in most specimens), it is here considered that the placement of this species in that genus was based on incomplete specimens only, and is hereby corrected based on the examinations of the early teleoconch of the middle sized and smallest syntype. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Turritella fastigiata A. Adams & Reeve, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446555 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
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Reeve, L. A. (1849). Monograph of the genus <i>Turritella</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 5, pl. 1-11 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-8: May, 1849; 9-11: June 1849]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8967277
page(s): pl. 10, sp. 48. [details]
page(s): pl. 10, sp. 48. [details]
Other
additional source
Tryon, G. W. (1886). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>, ser. 1, vol. 8: Naticidae, Calyptraeidae, Turritellidae, Vermetidae, Caecidae, Eulimidae, Turbonillidae, Pyramidellidae. pp 1-461, pls 1-79. Philadelphia, published by the author. [pp. 1-64, pls 1-27, Jan. 23, 1886; pp. 65-128, pls 28-37, May 3, 1886; pp. 129-192, pls 38-58, Jul. 28, 1886; pp. 193-461, pls 59-79, Nov. 24, 1886]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63144
page(s): p. 204, pl. 63, fig. 92 [details]
additional source Watson, R. B. (1886). <i>Report on the Scaphopoda and Gasteropoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76</i>. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology 15 (part 42): 1-756, pls 1-50. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2004568
page(s): 468 [details]
additional source Adams, A. & Reeve, L. A. (1848-1850). <i>Mollusca</i>. In A. Adams (ed.), <i>The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., during the years 1843-1846</i>. Reeve & Benham, London, x + 87 pp., 24 pls. [Pt. I. Preface to Mollusca (iii–x, by Adams only), 1–24, pls. 1–9, 1 November 1848; Pt. II, 25–44, pls. 10–17, 1 May 1850; Pt. III, Preface and plate explanations (i-xv), 45–87, pls. 18–24, 1 September 1850.]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39770936
page(s): 48, pl. 12, fig. 9. [details]
additional source Petit, R. E. (2007) Lovell Augustus Reeve (1814-1865): malacological author and publisher. Zootaxa 1648:1-120., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01648p120.pdf
page(s): p. 97-98 [details]
page(s): p. 204, pl. 63, fig. 92 [details]
additional source Watson, R. B. (1886). <i>Report on the Scaphopoda and Gasteropoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76</i>. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology 15 (part 42): 1-756, pls 1-50. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2004568
page(s): 468 [details]
additional source Adams, A. & Reeve, L. A. (1848-1850). <i>Mollusca</i>. In A. Adams (ed.), <i>The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., during the years 1843-1846</i>. Reeve & Benham, London, x + 87 pp., 24 pls. [Pt. I. Preface to Mollusca (iii–x, by Adams only), 1–24, pls. 1–9, 1 November 1848; Pt. II, 25–44, pls. 10–17, 1 May 1850; Pt. III, Preface and plate explanations (i-xv), 45–87, pls. 18–24, 1 September 1850.]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39770936
page(s): 48, pl. 12, fig. 9. [details]
additional source Petit, R. E. (2007) Lovell Augustus Reeve (1814-1865): malacological author and publisher. Zootaxa 1648:1-120., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01648p120.pdf
page(s): p. 97-98 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype NHMUK 1969270 [details]
From editor or global species database
Remark Referred to by Watson (1886:468) as "Turritella fastigiata, Adams and Reeve, "Samarang" 1840, p. 48, sp. 8, pl. xii. fig. 9." (error for 1848). [details]Taxonomy 3 specimens, syntypes, NHMUK 1969270. All three specimens are well preserved, and the smallest two have the early teleoconch - which is very much like the early teleoconch of Turritella terebra (Linnaeus, 1758) and allied species - intact or nearly intact. Examination of this very fine early teleoconch has shown that the first whorls are immediately decorated with 3 cords (as of the first post-larval whorl cf smallest syntype), being a stronger median keel, and two less strong keels, of which one above, and the other below the median keel. As the main characteristic of the genus Archimediella is the immediate post-larval appearance of two equal keels forming a bicarinate sculpture (as is seen after the early teleoconch which is missing in most specimens), it is here considered that the placement of this species in that genus was based on incomplete specimens only, and is hereby corrected based on the examinations of the early teleoconch of the middle sized and smallest syntype. [details]
