MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Retusa minutissima (Monterosato, 1878)

ERMS taxon details

Retusa minutissima (Monterosato, 1878)

To GB Mollusca Types (Utriculus minutissimus Monterosato, 1878; (Non-type material); NMINH:1887.2625.1)

AphiaID

141133 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141133)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Retusa T. Brown, 1827

Original name

Utriculus minutissimus Monterosato, 1878

Synonymised names

Utriculus minutissimus Monterosato, 1878 · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Utriculus minutissimus Monterosato, 1878) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1878). Note sur quelques coquilles draguées dans les eaux de Palerme. (Trad. H. Crosse). Journal de Conchyliologie. 26(2): 143–160. [June 11th, 1878]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16015951
page(s): 159 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Retusa minutissima (Monterosato, 1878). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=141133 on 2026-03-22

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Retusa minutissima (Monterosato, 1878). Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141133 on 2026-03-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

Licensing

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original description (of Utriculus minutissimus Monterosato, 1878) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1878). Note sur quelques coquilles draguées dans les eaux de Palerme. (Trad. H. Crosse). Journal de Conchyliologie. 26(2): 143–160. [June 11th, 1878]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16015951
page(s): 159 [details]

additional source Crocetta F. & Tringali L.P. (2015). Mapping alien Mollusca distribution in the Mediterranean Sea: the Lessepsian immigrant Retusa desgenettii (Audouin, 1826) reaches Turkey. Quaternary International. DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.03.009., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.03.009 [details] Available for editors

additional source Agamennone, F. & Micali, P. (2022). First Mediterranean record of Atys ehrenbergi (A. Issel, 1869) with notes on some species of the genus Retusa (T. Brown, 1827) (Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea). Bollettino Malacologico. 58(2): 87-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.53559/bollmalacol.2022.04 [details]