Species Turbo (Marmarostoma) cepoides Smith, 1880
Onion Turban Shell
Compiler and date details
September 2014 - Des Beechey & Winston F. Ponder, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Reviewed by Bruce Marshall (Tepapa, New Zealand).
December 2012 - Des Beechey, Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Stephanie Baccarella, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
- Turbo cepoides Smith, E.A. 1880. Description of a new species of Turbo, and a note of the occurrence of Rossia owenii on the coast of North Wales. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 6: 397-398 [397].
Type data:
Status unknown, locality unknown.
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Turbo (Marmarostoma) cepodes Smith, 1880. —
Williams, S.T. 2008. The calcareous operculum as a character for defining subgenera in the marine gastropod genus Turbo. Vita Malacologica 7: 1-13 - Turbo (Dinassovica) cepoides Smith, 1880.
Distribution
States
New South Wales
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14)
Ecological Descriptors
Marine, subtidal.
General References
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [173, fig. 500]
Iredale,T. 1937. Middleton and Elizabeth Reef, South Pacific Ocean. The Australian Zoologist 8: 232-261 [248] (as Turbo cepoides)
Common Name References
Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [69] (Onion Turban Shell)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26-Apr-2012 | TURBINIDAE | 26-Apr-2012 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Stephanie Baccarella (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) Dr Winston Ponder (AM) |
| 07-Sep-2011 | 07-Sep-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 18-Aug-2021 | 05-Sep-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 22-Aug-2011 | MODIFIED |