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Turbonilla lactea (Linnaeus, 1758)

To GB Mollusca Types (Turbo elegantissimus Montagu, 1803; Syntype(s); EXEMS Moll4236)
To GB Mollusca Types (Turbo elegantissimus Montagu, 1803; Syntype(s); EXEMS Moll4236)

141072 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141072)

accepted
Species
Melania campanellae R. A. Philippi, 1836 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Rissoa turritella Scacchi, 1836 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turbo lacteus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Turbonilla (Chemnitzia) elegantissima (Montagu, 1803) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)
Turbonilla costulata Risso, 1826 † · unaccepted (dubious synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Turbo lacteus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 765 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Turbonilla lactea (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=141072 on 2026-09-18
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Turbonilla lactea (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=141072 on 2026-09-18
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gofas, Serge
2006-03-15 13:18:55Z
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Wambiji, Nina
2008-08-21 21:43:36Z
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Gofas, Serge
2019-02-24 12:50:40Z
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Bouchet, Philippe

original description (of Odostomia lactea var. paullula Jeffreys, 1867) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 165 [details] 

original description (of Turbo lacteus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 765 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

original description (of Turbo elegantissimus Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): 298–299, pl. 10, fig. 2. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Melania campanellae R. A. Philippi, 1836) Philippi, R. A. (1836). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 1. xiv + 267 p., pls. 1-12. Sumptibus Simonis Schroppii et Sociorum. Berolini [Berlin]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46935803
page(s): 156, pl. 9 fig. 5 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Turbonilla costulata Risso, 1826 †) Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. <em>In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984
page(s): 224; pl. 5 fig. 72 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Rissoa turritella Scacchi, 1836) Scacchi, A. (1836). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum Regni Neapolitani quæ usque adhuc reperit A. Scacchi</i>. Neapoli [Naples]: Typis Filiatre-Sebetii. 18 p., 1 pl. , available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=5w3-xBgAOnIC, http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34807484
page(s): 15, note 29, fig. 24 [details] 

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details] 

additional source Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Peñas, A. & Rolán, E. (1997). La familia Pyramidellidae Gray, 1840 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterostropha) en Africa occidental. 2. Los géneros <i>Turbonilla</i> y <i>Eulimella</i>. <em>Iberus.</em> suplemento 3: 1-105., available online at https://zenodo.org/record/4646253 [details] 

additional source Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. <em>ConchBooks.</em> Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
 
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Dutch melkwitte priemhoren  [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Chemnitzia campanellae (R. A. Philippi, 1836))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (52 publications) (from synonym Odostomia lactea (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (73 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Turbonilla lactea) 
To GB Mollusca Types (Turbo elegantissimus Montagu, 1803; Syntype(s); EXEMS Moll4236) (from synonym Turbo elegantissimus Montagu, 1803)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To Malacopics (Turbonilla lactea (Linnaeus, 1758) Spain, Canarias, Fuerteventura, El Cotillo, beac... 
To Malacopics (Turbonilla lactea (Linnaeus,1758) France, Bretagne, Finistère, Ile Molène) 
To Malacopics (Turbonilla lactea (Linnaeus,1758) Russia, Krasnodarskij kraj, Novorossiysk) 
To PESI (from synonym Odostomia lactea (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI (from synonym Odostomia lactea var. paullula Jeffreys, 1867)
To PESI (from synonym Chemnitzia campanellae (R. A. Philippi, 1836))
To PESI (from synonym Melania campanellae R. A. Philippi, 1836)
To PESI (from synonym Rissoa turritella Scacchi, 1836)
To PESI (from synonym Turbonilla costulata Risso, 1826 †)
To PESI (from synonym Turbonilla (Chemnitzia) elegantissima (Montagu, 1803))
To PESI (from synonym Turbo lacteus Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Turbo elegantissimus Montagu, 1803)
To PESI 
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