Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Superorder Pylopulmonata > Superfamily Pyramidelloidea > Family Pyramidellidae > Subfamily Turbonillinae > Genus Turbonilla

Turbonilla acuta (Donovan, 1804)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Turbo Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Turbonilla*	Risso, 1826	accepted genus name
*Chemnitzia*	A. d'Orbigny, 1840	synonym
*Chemnitzia (Dunkeria)*	P. P. Carpenter, 1857	synonym
*Dunkeria*	P. P. Carpenter, 1857	synonym
*Melania (Chemnitzia)*	A. d'Orbigny, 1840	synonym
*Odostomia (Turbonilla)*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Striarcana*	Laws, 1937	synonym
*Turbonilla (Chemnitzia)*	A. d'Orbigny, 1840	synonym
*Turbonilla (Cylindriturbonilla)*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Turbonilla (Cyrtoturbonilla)*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Turbonilla (Graciliturbonilla)*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Turbonilla (Striarcana)*	Laws, 1937	synonym
*Turbonilla (Turbonilla)*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Variturbonilla*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym

Species group names

*Chemnitzia gracilis*	R. A. Philippi, 1844	junior homonym
*Odostomia delicata*	Monterosato, 1874	synonym
*Turbonilla delicata*	(Monterosato, 1874)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: pointed pyramidsnail sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Spitze Pyramidenschnecke; Spitzes Wendeltürmchen

Literature

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. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Peñas, A. & Rolán, E. (1997). La familia Pyramidellidae Gray, 1840 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterostropha) en Africa occidental. 2. Los géneros Turbonilla y Eulimella. Iberus. suplemento 3: 1-105.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Turbonilla acuta (Donovan, 1804). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141052