WoRMS taxon details
Turbo cidaris cidaris Gmelin, 1791
225148 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225148)
accepted
Subspecies
Ilaira fulgens (A. Gould, 1859) · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Liotia fulgens A. Gould, 1859 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Lunella anomala Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turbo (Sarmaticus) cidaris cidaris Gmelin, 1791 · alternative representation
Turbo tricarinulatus Euthyme, 1885 · unaccepted
Turbo tricarinulatus var. bicarinulata Euthyme, 1885 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Turbo cidaris Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3596, no. 34. [details]
page(s): 3596, no. 34. [details]
Type locality contained in Table Bay
type locality contained in Table Bay [details]
Taxonomy Some authors place the name in the subgenus Turbo (Sarmaticus)
Taxonomy Some authors place the name in the subgenus Turbo (Sarmaticus) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Turbo cidaris cidaris Gmelin, 1791. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225148 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Turbo cidaris Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3596, no. 34. [details]
original description (of Lunella anomala Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 104 [details]
original description (of Turbo tricarinulatus Euthyme, 1885) Euthyme. (1885). Description de quelques mollusques exotiques nouveaux. <em>Bulletins de la Société Malacologique de France.</em> 2: 237-260., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16122903
page(s): 252 [details]
original description (of Liotia fulgens A. Gould, 1859) Gould, A. A. (1859). Descriptions of new species of shells brought home by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 7: 138-142., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9249698
page(s): 142. [details]
original description (of Turbo tricarinulatus var. bicarinulata Euthyme, 1885) Euthyme. (1885). Description de quelques mollusques exotiques nouveaux. <em>Bulletins de la Société Malacologique de France.</em> 2: 237-260., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16122903
page(s): 254 [details]
basis of record Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
page(s): 3596, no. 34. [details]
original description (of Lunella anomala Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 104 [details]
original description (of Turbo tricarinulatus Euthyme, 1885) Euthyme. (1885). Description de quelques mollusques exotiques nouveaux. <em>Bulletins de la Société Malacologique de France.</em> 2: 237-260., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16122903
page(s): 252 [details]
original description (of Liotia fulgens A. Gould, 1859) Gould, A. A. (1859). Descriptions of new species of shells brought home by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 7: 138-142., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9249698
page(s): 142. [details]
original description (of Turbo tricarinulatus var. bicarinulata Euthyme, 1885) Euthyme. (1885). Description de quelques mollusques exotiques nouveaux. <em>Bulletins de la Société Malacologique de France.</em> 2: 237-260., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16122903
page(s): 254 [details]
basis of record Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
Identification resource
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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Other
additional source
Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 47 [details]
additional source Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2003). A Conchological Iconography: The Family Turbinidae, Subfamily Turbininae, Genus Turbo. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany. [details]
page(s): 47 [details]
additional source Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2003). A Conchological Iconography: The Family Turbinidae, Subfamily Turbininae, Genus Turbo. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany. [details]





Unreviewed
Taxonomy Some authors place the name in the subgenus Turbo (Sarmaticus) [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Turbo tricarinulatus Euthyme, 1885)
To Conchology (Turbo cidaris cidaris BROWN)
To Conchology (Turbo cidaris cidaris BROWN)
To Conchology (Turbo cidaris cidaris BROWN)
To Conchology (Turbo cidaris cidaris)
To Conchology (Turbo cidaris cidaris)
To Conchology (Turbo cidaris cidaris)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Liotia fulgens A. Gould, 1859)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Conchology (Turbo cidaris cidaris BROWN)
To Conchology (Turbo cidaris cidaris BROWN)
To Conchology (Turbo cidaris cidaris BROWN)
To Conchology (Turbo cidaris cidaris)
To Conchology (Turbo cidaris cidaris)
To Conchology (Turbo cidaris cidaris)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Liotia fulgens A. Gould, 1859)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection