britannica, Turritella [ Turritella communis Risso, 1826] (Figures 10A, B)

1890a: 148 [XXXVIIIa: 902]—available name

Type material. MCZR –M–21397 —4 sh “Turr. britannica Monts type d’Angleterre” “Turr. Britannica Monts Nat. Sic. 1890”

MCZR–M–21329 —4 sh “Turr. britannica, Monts Britain !“// 1 sh “Turr. britannica, Monts England!!”

The figures in Sowerby (1859: pl. XV, fig. 1) and in the British Conchology (Jeffreys, 1867: pl. II, fig. 1), are part of the type material.

Type locality. Described from Great Britain.

Remarks. Introduced to distinguish the British forms of Turritella communis Risso, 1826 from the Mediterranean one. The introduction consisted in a bibliographic reference to figures in Sowerby (1859: pl. XV, fig. 1) and in the British Conchology (Jeffreys, 1867 [1862–1869]: pl. II, fig. 1), an indication in the sense of ICZN (1999: art. 12.2.1). Recorded by MolluscaBase (2018) as a synonym of Turritella communis Risso, 1826 .