African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Retusa T. Brown, 1827

AphiaID

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

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Retusidae Thiele, 1925

Parent

Retusidae Thiele, 1925

Original name

Retusa T. Brown, 1827

Synonymised names

Cylichnina Monterosato, 1884 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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

Invalid: junior homonym of Utriculus Schumacher, 1817

Direct children (8)

Ordering

Alphabetically
By status

Children Display

direct main ranks all

Species Retusa desgenettii (Audouin, 1826)
Species Retusa laevisculpta (Granata Grillo, 1877)
Species Retusa obtusa (Montagu, 1803)
Species Retusa truncatula (Bruguière, 1792)
Species Retusa semen (Reeve, 1855) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Retusa desgenettesi Pallary, 1926 accepted as Retusa desgenettii (Audouin, 1826) (unjustified emendation)
Species Retusa fourierii (Audouin, 1826) accepted as Pyrunculus fourierii (Audouin, 1826)
Species Retusa girardi (Audouin, 1826) accepted as Ventomnestia girardi (Audouin, 1826) accepted as Mnestia girardi (Audouin, 1826)

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. [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]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Retusa T. Brown, 1827. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138432 on 2026-09-10

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Retusa T. Brown, 1827. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138432 on 2026-09-10

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

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

[taxonomic tree] [clear cache]

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. [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 Cylichnina Monterosato, 1884) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. 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. 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]