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Turbinella angulata

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae

Taxonomy
Voluta angulata was named by Lightfoot (1786) [Holotype lost; "type figure": Martini, 1780, Conchyl.-Cab. (1), v.. 4, fig. 1325 (selected by Abbott, 1950, p. 205)]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Xancus angulata by Smith (1940); it was recombined as Turbinella angulata by Vokes (1964), Rosenberg (2005) and Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonyms
  • Murex scolymus was named by Gmelin (1791). It is extant.

    It was recombined as Turbinella scolymus by Richards (1935); it was synonymized subjectively with Turbinella angulata by Hendy et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1786Voluta angulata Lightfoot p. 76
1786Voluta angulata Solander p. 76
1791Murex scolymus Gmelin
1935Turbinella scolymus Richards
1940Xancus angulata Smith p. 64
1964Turbinella angulata Vokes p. 63 figs. 3:2a-b
2005Turbinella angulata Rosenberg
2008Turbinella angulata Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyTurbinelloidea
familyTurbinellidaeSwainson 1840
subfamilyTurbinellinaeSwainson 1840
genusTurbinellaLamarck 1799
speciesangulata(Lightfoot 1786)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Turbinella angulata Lightfoot 1786
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Invalid names: Turbinella scolymus Gmelin 1791 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
Solander 1786Adult shell varying from 180-360 mm in length (7 to 14 inches). Solid, heavy, and fusiform in shape. Whorls 8 to 11, angulate at the shoulder and with prominent blunt tubercles at the top of the whorl. Color of shell cream-white, but often hidden by thick, light brown periostrachum. Spire pointed, flat-sided, and of an angle of 50 to 60 degrees. Suture prominent, wavy, well-indended. Aperture large, elongate, with a procelaneous finish and colored either a yellowish-white, pinkish-cream or a deep, brownish-orange.