MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Retusa T. Brown, 1827

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Retusa T. Brown, 1827

Retusa obtusa

AphiaID

138432 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138432)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Retusidae Thiele, 1925

Orig. name

Retusa T. Brown, 1827

Synonymised names

Cryptaxis Jeffreys, 1883 · unaccepted (Junior homonym of Cryptaxis Lowe,...)

Junior homonym of Cryptaxis Lowe, 1855; see Clistaxis.

Utriculus T. Brown, 1844 · unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of...)

Invalid: junior homonym of Utriculus Schumacher, 1817

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Species Retusa abyssicola Á. Valdés, 2008
Species Retusa frielei (Dall, 1881)
Species Retusa insolita Á. Valdés, 2008
Species Retusa obtusa (Montagu, 1803)
Species Retusa trunca Á. Valdés, 2008
Species Retusa frigida Hedley, 1916 accepted as Diaphana paessleri (Strebel, 1905)

Environment

marine, brackish

Original description

Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London. 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): pl. 38 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Retusa T. Brown, 1827. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138432 on 2024-05-01

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Retusa T. Brown, 1827. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138432 on 2024-05-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2010-10-12 15:33:09Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2017-09-26 03:45:50Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London. 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): pl. 38 [details]

original description (of Utriculus T. Brown, 1844) Brown T. (1844). Illustrations of the Recent Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, with the description and localities of all the species, marine, land, and fresh water. Ed. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co. Drawn and Coloured from Nature. Second Edition, Greatly Enlarged. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10921172
page(s): 101 [details]

original description (of Cryptaxis Jeffreys, 1883) Jeffreys, J. G. (1883). On the Mollusca procured during the cruise of H. M. S. Triton, between the Hebrides and Faeroes in 1882. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1883): 389-399, pl. 44., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30828055 [details]

additional source Valdés, Á. (2008). Deep-sea "cephalaspidean" heterobranchs (Gastropoda) from the tropical southwest Pacific. In: Héros, V. et al. (eds) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 196: 587-792. (look up in IMIS) [details]

status source ICZN. (1959). Opinion 568. Protection under the plenary powers of the specific name "obtusa" Montagu, 1803, as published in the combination "Bulla obtusa" (class Gastropoda). Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 20: 404-412., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34655666 [details]

subsequent type designation Iredale, T. (1915). Some more misused generic names. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 11: 291-306., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15715842
page(s): 300 [details]