RAS taxon details
Retusa T. Brown, 1827
138432 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138432)
accepted
Genus
Cylichnina Monterosato, 1884 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish
Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from Nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> [i–vi] + i–v pp., 52 pls [1–52, 10*, with unpaginated plate explanations]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): pl. 38 [details]
page(s): pl. 38 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Retusa T. Brown, 1827. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2026) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138432 on 2026-07-14
RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Retusa T. Brown, 1827. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138432 on 2026-07-14
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original description
Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from Nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> [i–vi] + i–v pp., 52 pls [1–52, 10*, with unpaginated plate explanations]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): pl. 38 [details]
original description (of Cylichnina Monterosato, 1884) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). <i>Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee</i>. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711
page(s): 143 [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. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 196: 587-792. (look up in IMIS) [details]
status source ICZN. (1959). Opinion 568. Protection under the plenary powers of the specific name "<i>obtusa</i>" Montagu, 1803, as published in the combination "<i>Bulla obtusa</i>" (class Gastropoda). <em>Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 20: 404-412., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34655666 [details]
subsequent type designation Iredale, T. (1915). Some more misused generic names. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 11: 291-306., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15715842
page(s): 300 [details]
page(s): pl. 38 [details]
original description (of Cylichnina Monterosato, 1884) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). <i>Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee</i>. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711
page(s): 143 [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. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 196: 587-792. (look up in IMIS) [details]
status source ICZN. (1959). Opinion 568. Protection under the plenary powers of the specific name "<i>obtusa</i>" Montagu, 1803, as published in the combination "<i>Bulla obtusa</i>" (class Gastropoda). <em>Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 20: 404-412., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34655666 [details]
subsequent type designation Iredale, T. (1915). Some more misused generic names. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 11: 291-306., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15715842
page(s): 300 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Retusa)
To Genbank
To Malacopics (Retusa T. Brown, 1827 Cape Verde, Santiago, Baia do Tarrafal)
To ITIS
To Genbank
To Malacopics (Retusa T. Brown, 1827 Cape Verde, Santiago, Baia do Tarrafal)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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