WoRMS taxon details

Limacina retroversa (J. Fleming, 1823)

140227  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140227)

accepted
Species
Fusus retroversus J. Fleming, 1823 · unaccepted (superseded combination; declared...)  
superseded combination; declared nomen protectum by Janssen (2012)
Heterofusus alexandri A. E. Verrill, 1872 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Limacina balea Møller, 1841 · unaccepted (synonym)
Peracle flemingii Jeffreys, 1847 · unaccepted (synonym)
Spirialis gouldii W. Stimpson, 1851 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trochus lunaris Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (declared nomen oblitum by Janssen...)  
declared nomen oblitum by Janssen (2012)

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(of Fusus retroversus J. Fleming, 1823) Fleming, J. (1823). On a reversed species of <i>Fusus</i> (<i>Fusus retroversus</i>). <em>Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society (Edinburgh).</em> 4(3): 498-500, pl. 15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46990069 [details]   
Distribution Arctic seas to Cape Cod, Massachusetts   
Distribution Arctic seas to Cape Cod, Massachusetts  [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Limacina retroversa (J. Fleming, 1823). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140227 on 2024-03-19
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original description  (of Fusus retroversus J. Fleming, 1823) Fleming, J. (1823). On a reversed species of <i>Fusus</i> (<i>Fusus retroversus</i>). <em>Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society (Edinburgh).</em> 4(3): 498-500, pl. 15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46990069 [details]   

original description  (of Scaea stenogyra R. A. Philippi, 1844) Philippi, R. A. (1844). <i>Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2.</i>. Halle [Halis Saxorum]: Eduard Anton. iv + 303 pp., pls 13-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46936062
page(s): 164, pl 25 fig. 20 [details]   

original description  (of Trochus lunaris Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]   

original description  (of Peracle flemingii Jeffreys, 1847) Jeffreys, J. G. (1847). Additional notices on British shells. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 20: 16-19., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278648
page(s): 16 [details]   

original description  (of Spirialis australis Eydoux & Souleyet, 1840) Eydoux J.F.T. & Souleyet L.F.A. (1840). Description sommaire de plusieurs Ptéropodes nouveaux ou imparfaitement connus, destinés à être publiés dans le voyage de la "Bonite". <em>Revue Zoologique de la Société Cuvierienne, Paris.</em> (1840): 235-239., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13714239 [details]   

original description  (of Spirialis gouldii W. Stimpson, 1851) Stimpson, W. (1851). Descriptions of two new species of shells from Massachusetts Bay, namely <i>Spirialis gouldii</i>, and <i>Thracia couthouyi</i>, and a Holothuria, under the name of <i>Anaperus unisemita</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 4:7-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870738#page/15/mode/1up
page(s): p. 8. [details]   

original description  (of Spirialis jeffreysii Forbes & Hanley, 1849) Forbes, E. & Hanley, S. C. (1848-1853). A history of British Mollusca and their shells. Vol. 1: i-lxxx [1853], 1-486 [1848], pl. A-W, AA-ZZ, AAA-ZZZ [dates uncertain]; Vol. 2: 1-480 [1 dec. 1849], 481-557 [1850]; Vol. 3: 1-320 [1850], 321-616 [1851]; Vol. 4: 1-300 [1852], pl. 1-114F [dates uncertain]. London, van Voorst. <em>London, van Voorst.</em> 1:1-486., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16341
page(s): 386 [details]   

original description  (of Spirialis macandrewi Forbes & Hanley, 1849) Forbes, E. & Hanley, S. C. (1848-1853). A history of British Mollusca and their shells. Vol. 1: i-lxxx [1853], 1-486 [1848], pl. A-W, AA-ZZ, AAA-ZZZ [dates uncertain]; Vol. 2: 1-480 [1 dec. 1849], 481-557 [1850]; Vol. 3: 1-320 [1850], 321-616 [1851]; Vol. 4: 1-300 [1852], pl. 1-114F [dates uncertain]. London, van Voorst. <em>London, van Voorst.</em> 1:1-486., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16341
page(s): 386 [details]   

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]   

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

additional source Janssen, A.W. (2012). Late Quaternary to Recent holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda) from bottom samples of the eastern Mediterranean Sea: systematics, morphology. <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 48 (suplemento 9): 1-105. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Morton, J. E. (1954). The biology of <i>Limacina retroversa</i>. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 33(2): 297-312., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s002531540000833x [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Dimensions maximum size up to 5 or 6 mm in length [details]

Distribution Arctic seas to Cape Cod, Massachusetts  [details]

Habitat upper epipelagic and glacial  [details]
LanguageName 
Dutch spitse contravleugelslak  [details]
English retrovert pteropod  [details]
German Umgekehrter FlossenfüßerSpitze FlügelschneckeSchiefer Schmetterling  [details]