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 lactea (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 campanellae*	(R. A. Philippi, 1836)	synonym
*Melania campanellae*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Odostomia lactea*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Odostomia lactea var. paullula*	Jeffreys, 1867	synonym
*Rissoa turritella*	Scacchi, 1835	synonym
*Turbo elegantissimus*	Montagu, 1803	synonym
*Turbonilla (Chemnitzia) elegantissima*	(Montagu, 1803)	synonym
*Turbonilla (Turbonilla) lactea*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Turbonilla costulata*	Risso, 1826	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: melkwit priemhorentje; melkwitte priemhoren sources: Adema, J.P.H.M.; de Bruyne, R.H.; Perk, F.A. (1989). Preliminary name list of marine molluscs and shells, regularly washed ashore along the coasts of the Netherlands and Belgium [Voorlopige naamlijst van de mariene mollusken en de regelmatig langs de kust van Nederland en België aangespoelde schelpensoorten]. De Strandvlo 9(2): 49-59;Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: milky 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: Milchweiße Pyramidenschnecke; Milchweißes 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	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.
additional source	Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp.
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 lactea (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141072