Deep-Sea taxon details
Torellia Jeffreys, 1867
137730 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137730)
accepted
Genus
Torellia vestita Jeffreys, 1867 accepted as Torellia delicata (R. A. Philippi, 1844) (type by monotypy)
Trachysma G. O. Sars, 1878 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Torellia angulifera Warén, Arnaud & Cantera, 1986
- Species Torellia antarctica (Thiele, 1912)
- Species Torellia cornea (A. W. B. Powell, 1951)
- Species Torellia delicata (R. A. Philippi, 1844)
- Species Torellia didyma Bouchet & Warén, 1993
- Species Torellia insignis (E. A. Smith, 1915)
- Species Torellia mirabilis (E. A. Smith, 1907)
- Species Torellia smithi Warén, Arnaud & Cantera, 1986
- Species Torellia fimbriata A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1882 accepted as Torellia delicata (R. A. Philippi, 1844) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Torellia vestita Jeffreys, 1867 accepted as Torellia delicata (R. A. Philippi, 1844) (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Jeffreys, J. G. (1867). <i>British Conchology, or an account of the Mollusca which now inhabit the British Isles and surrounding seas</i>. Vol. 4. John Van Voorst, London. 486 pp., 8 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16363027
page(s): 244 [details]
page(s): 244 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Torellia Jeffreys, 1867. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137730 on 2026-06-23
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Torellia Jeffreys, 1867. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137730 on 2026-06-23
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original description
Jeffreys, J. G. (1867). <i>British Conchology, or an account of the Mollusca which now inhabit the British Isles and surrounding seas</i>. 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]
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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [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 Petit R.E. & Harasewych M.G. (2005). Catalogue of the superfamily Cancellarioidea Forbes and Hanley, 1851 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) - 2nd edition. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1102: 3-161., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1102.1.1
page(s): 19 [details]
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]
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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [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 Petit R.E. & Harasewych M.G. (2005). Catalogue of the superfamily Cancellarioidea Forbes and Hanley, 1851 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) - 2nd edition. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1102: 3-161., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1102.1.1
page(s): 19 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Authority Manuscript name of Lovén, validated by Jeffreys, 1867. [details]Unreviewed
Classification Placed in family Trichotropidae in Vaught (1989). [details]
Unreviewed
Image from typetaxon
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