WoRMS name details
Turris tanyspira Kilburn, 1975
435146 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:435146)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Turris ankaramanyensis Bozzetti, 2006 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Kilburn R.N. (1975). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (5): including descriptions of new taxa of Rissoidae, Cerithiidae, Tonnidae, Cassididae, Buccinidae, Fasciolariidae, Turbinellidae, Turridae, Architectonicidae, Epitoniidae, Limidae and Thraciidae.. Annals of the Natal Museum 22(2):577-622, figs. 1-25.
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Type locality contained in Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native - non-endemic) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Turris tanyspira Kilburn, 1975. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435146 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
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Kilburn R.N. (1975). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (5): including descriptions of new taxa of Rissoidae, Cerithiidae, Tonnidae, Cassididae, Buccinidae, Fasciolariidae, Turbinellidae, Turridae, Architectonicidae, Epitoniidae, Limidae and Thraciidae.. Annals of the Natal Museum 22(2):577-622, figs. 1-25.
page(s): 603, fig. 15. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 603, fig. 15. [details] Available for editors

Other
additional source
Kilburn R.N., Fedosov A.E. & Olivera B.M. (2012) Revision of the genus <i>Turris</i> Batsch, 1789 (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Turridae) with the description of six new species. <i>Zootaxa</i> 3244: 1-58. [22 March 2012] [details] Available for editors
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additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 219. [details]

additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 219. [details]





To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-9796) (from synonym Turris ankaramanyensis Bozzetti, 2006)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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Hosted externally, from synonym