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Retusa umbilicata (Montagu, 1803)

156376  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156376)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Heterobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Euthyneura (Infraclass)
  7. Tectipleura (Subterclass)
  8. Cephalaspidea (Order)
  9. Bulloidea (Superfamily)
  10. Retusidae (Family)
  11. Retusa (Genus)
  12. Retusa umbilicata (Species)
accepted
Species
Bulla umbilicata Montagu, 1803 · unaccepted (original combination)
Bullinella umbilicata (Montagu, 1803) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cylichna melitopolitana (Sokolov, 1899) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cylichna strigella Lovén, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cylichnina melitopolitana Sokolov, 1899 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cylichnina subcylindrica (T. Brown, 1827) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (and superseded combination)
Retusa (Cylichnina) umbilicata (Montagu, 1803) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Retusa strigella (Lovén, 1846) · unaccepted (synonym)
Retusa subcylindrica (T. Brown, 1827) · unaccepted (synonym)
Volvaria subcylindrica T. Brown, 1827 · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Variety Retusa umbilicata var. nitidula (Lovén, 1846) accepted as Retusa nitidula (Lovén, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded rank)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Bulla umbilicata Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): vol. 1, p. 222 [details] OpenAccess publication
Distribution Range: 46°N to 39.77°N; 70.17°W to 66°W. Distribution: Canada; Canada: Gulf of St. Lawrence, Nova Scotia to New England.  
Distribution Range: 46°N to 39.77°N; 70.17°W to 66°W. Distribution: Canada; Canada: Gulf of St. Lawrence, Nova Scotia to New England. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Retusa umbilicata (Montagu, 1803). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156376 on 2025-06-01
Date
action
by
2005-05-12 07:42:38Z
created
Cuvelier, Daphne
2011-02-08 11:10:47Z
checked
Rosenberg, Gary
2013-09-26 03:38:48Z
changed
Marshall, Bruce

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Nomenclature

original description (of Bulla umbilicata Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): vol. 1, p. 222 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Cylichna strigella Lovén, 1846) Lovén, S. L. (1846). Index Molluscorum litora Scandinaviae occidentalia habitantium. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps Akademiens Förhandlingar. (1846): 134-160, 182-204. [Offprint: pp. 1-50]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39077288 [details] 

original description (of Volvaria subcylindrica T. Brown, 1827) 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. 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868 [details] 

original description (of Cylichnina melitopolitana Sokolov, 1899 †) Sokolov, N. (1899). Sloi s Venus konkensis (sredizemnomorskiya otlozheniya) na r. Konke [Beds with Venus konkensis (Mediterranean deposits) on the Konka River]. Trudy Geologicheskago Komiteta. 9(5): 1-96, 5 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56643144
page(s): 42, pl. IV, figs. 48-52 [details] 

basis of record Thompson, T. E. (1976). Biology of Opisthobranch Molluscs. Vol., 1. Ray Society (Monograph 151). 207 pp. [details] 

Other

additional source Valdés A. (2019). Northeast Pacific benthic shelled sea slugs. Zoosymposia. 13: 242-304., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zoosymposia.13.1.21
page(s): 279, fig. 19F [details] 

 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
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 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Distribution Range: 46°N to 39.77°N; 70.17°W to 66°W. Distribution: Canada; Canada: Gulf of St. Lawrence, Nova Scotia to New England. [details]
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To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Bulla umbilicata Montagu, 1803)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Cylichnina umbilicata (Montagu, 1803))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Retusa umbilicata) 
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins) 
To Malacopics (Retusa umbilicata (Montagu, 183) Greece, Ionia Nisia, Kefallonia, Kefalonia Island, ... 
To PESI (from synonym Cylichna strigella Lovén, 1846)
To PESI (from synonym Volvaria subcylindrica T. Brown, 1827)
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Cylichnina umbilicata (Montagu, 1803))
To PESI (from synonym Bulla umbilicata Montagu, 1803)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Retusa umbilicata
Retusa umbilicata
Retusa umbilicata
Retusa umbilicata
Retusa umbilicata
Retusa umbilicata
Retusa umbilicata
Retusa umbilicata
To Malacopics (Retusa umbilicata (Montagu, 183) Greece, Ionia Nisia, Kefallonia, Kefalonia Island, ...
To Malacopics (Retusa umbilicata (Montagu, 183) Greece, Ionia Nisia, Kefallonia, Kefalonia Island, ...
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