Turbo exoletusLinnaeus, 1758, p. 766, [Bonan. recr. 3, t. 113] [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: in Europa australi Range: 35°N to 21.62°S; 96.3°W to 29.3°W Depth: 2 to 183 m (live 9 to 140 m) Maximum Reported Size: 75 mm Distribution: USA: North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Texas; Mexico: Campeche Bank, Quintana Roo; Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Carabobo, Los Testigos; Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little); Cuba: North Havana Province, South Camaguey, Granma, Santiago de Cuba; Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Anguilla, Barbuda, Guyana, Surinam, Brazil: Amapa, Para, Maranhao, Ceara, Atol das Rocas, Fernando de Noronha, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraiba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia, Espirito Santo, Trindade Island References: Dautzenberg (1900); Perry & Schwengel (1955) l; Parker & Curray (1956) W; Porter (1974) L; Princz (1977); Leal (1991b) SE; Fernández Milera (1998); Petuch (2001) c Combining Genera: Epitonium Torcula
Turritella (Torcula) exoleta var. graciliorMörch, 1876a, p. 128, [Born 1780, pl. 13, fig. 7] [Synonym] Type Locality: Not stated [Europa australi (from reference to Born 1780)] Comments: Objective synonym of Turbo obsoletus Gmelin, 1791.
Turbo obsoletusGmelin, 1791, p. 3612, [Born 1780, pl. 13, fig. 7] [Synonym] Type Locality: Unknown References: Tryon (1886) s
Turbo torcularisBorn, 1778, p. 368 [Synonym] Type Locality: Not stated References: Tryon (1886) s
Turbo torculosa sic, [Not available] Comments: Error for torcularis by Mörch (1876).
Partial List of References
Born, I. 1778. Index Rerum Naturalium Musei Caesarei Vindobonensis. Pars I. Testacea [xlii] + 458 + [82] pp., 1 pl. Offficina Krausiana: Wien. Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decima tertia Systema Naturae, 13th ed., vol. 1(6) 3021-3910. Lipsiae. Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae Systema Naturae, 10th ed., vol. 1 824 pp. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae [Stockholm, Sweden]. Mörch, O. A. L. 1876. Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis insularum danicarum Malakozoologische Blätter 23 45-58, 87-143.