Register of Antarctic Species (RAS) - Torellia Jeffreys, 1867

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RAS taxon details

Torellia Jeffreys, 1867

AphiaID

137730 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137730)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Capulinae J. Fleming, 1822

Original name

Torellia Jeffreys, 1867

Synonymised names

Neoconcha E. A. Smith, 1907 · unaccepted > superseded rank

Torellia (Neoconcha) E. A. Smith, 1907 · alternative representation

Trachysma G. O. Sars, 1878 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Torellia antarctica (Thiele, 1912)
Species Torellia cornea (A. W. B. Powell, 1951)
Species Torellia exilis (A. W. B. Powell, 1958)
Species Torellia insignis (E. A. Smith, 1915)
Species Torellia mirabilis (E. A. Smith, 1907)
Species Torellia planispira (E. A. Smith, 1915)
Species Torellia smithi Warén, Arnaud & Cantera, 1986
Subgenus Torellia (Neoconcha) E. A. Smith, 1907 represented as Torellia Jeffreys, 1867

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Jeffreys, J. G. (1867). British Conchology, or an account of the Mollusca which now inhabit the British Isles and surrounding seas. Vol. 4. John Van Voorst, London. 486 pp., 8 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16363027
page(s): 244 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Torellia Jeffreys, 1867. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137730 on 2026-08-28

Regional species database citation

RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Torellia Jeffreys, 1867. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137730 on 2026-08-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2005-04-16 10:28:02Z

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Vanden Berghe, Edward

2011-09-24 22:42:09Z

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Rosenberg, Gary

2021-01-22 07:02:33Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2025-07-05 08:45:11Z

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Dekker, Henk

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original description Jeffreys, J. G. (1867). British Conchology, or an account of the Mollusca which now inhabit the British Isles and surrounding seas. Vol. 4. John Van Voorst, London. 486 pp., 8 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16363027
page(s): 244 [details]

original description (of Trachysma G. O. Sars, 1878) Sars, G. O. (1878). Bidrag til Kundskaben om Norges arktiske Fauna. I. Mollusca Regionis Arcticae Norvegiae. Oversigt over de i Norges arktiske Region Forekommende Bløddyr. Brøgger, Christiania, xiii + 466 pp., pls 1-34 & I-XVIII., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92496
page(s): 211 [details]

original description (of Neoconcha E. A. Smith, 1907) Smith, E. A. (1907). Mollusca Gastropoda. In: National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904 (Natural History, Zoology), 2. pp 1-13. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6255627
page(s): 6. [details]

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., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Petit R.E. & Harasewych M.G. (2005). Catalogue of the superfamily Cancellarioidea Forbes and Hanley, 1851 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) - 2nd edition. Zootaxa. 1102: 3-161., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1102.1.1
page(s): 19 [details]

additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]