Deep-Sea taxon details
Retusa T. Brown, 1827
138432 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138432)
accepted
Genus
Cryptaxis Jeffreys, 1883 · unaccepted (Junior homonym of Cryptaxis Lowe,...)
Junior homonym of Cryptaxis Lowe, 1855; see Clistaxis.
Utriculus T. Brown, 1844 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym (Invalid: junior homonym of...)
Invalid: junior homonym of Utriculus Schumacher, 1817
- Species Retusa abyssicola Á. Valdés, 2008
- Species Retusa frielei (Dall, 1881)
- Species Retusa insolita Á. Valdés, 2008
- Species Retusa obtusa (Montagu, 1803)
- Species Retusa spatha (R. B. Watson, 1883)
- Species Retusa trunca Á. Valdés, 2008
- Species Retusa frigida Hedley, 1916 accepted as Diaphana paessleri (Strebel, 1905)
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: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138432 on 2026-09-10
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Retusa T. Brown, 1827. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138432 on 2026-09-10
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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 Utriculus T. Brown, 1844) Brown, T. (1838-1844). Illustrations of the Recent Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, with the description and localities of all the species, marine, land, and fresh water. Second edition, greatly enlarged. London: Smith, Elder, & Co & Edinburgh: MacLachlan and Stewart; London: Smith, Elder, & Co & Edinburgh: MacLachlan and Stewart., 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. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (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. <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 Utriculus T. Brown, 1844) Brown, T. (1838-1844). Illustrations of the Recent Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, with the description and localities of all the species, marine, land, and fresh water. Second edition, greatly enlarged. London: Smith, Elder, & Co & Edinburgh: MacLachlan and Stewart; London: Smith, Elder, & Co & Edinburgh: MacLachlan and Stewart., 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. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (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. <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
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