WoRMS name details
Recluzia jehennei Petit de la Saussaye, 1853
216914 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216914)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Janthina jehennei (Petit de la Saussaye, 1853) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Petit de la Saussaye, S. (1853). Description d'un genre nouveau, G. <i>Recluzia</i>, appartenant à la famille des Janthinidées. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 4(2): 116-120., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15859479
page(s): 118, pl. 5 fig. 3 [details]
page(s): 118, pl. 5 fig. 3 [details]
Type locality contained in Arabian Sea
type locality contained in Arabian Sea [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Recluzia jehennei Petit de la Saussaye, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216914 on 2026-06-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Petit de la Saussaye, S. (1853). Description d'un genre nouveau, G. <i>Recluzia</i>, appartenant à la famille des Janthinidées. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 4(2): 116-120., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15859479
page(s): 118, pl. 5 fig. 3 [details]
basis of record Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 118, pl. 5 fig. 3 [details]
basis of record Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Beu, A. G. (2017). Evolution of <i>Janthina</i> and <i>Recluzia</i> (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Epitoniidae). <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 69(3): 119-222., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1666 [details]
Other
additional source
Barnard, K. H. (1963). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part III. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Taenioglossa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 47(1): 1-199., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40854388
page(s): 108 [details]
additional source Fowler, O. (2016). Seashells of the Kenya coast. ConchBooks: Harxheim. Pp. 1–170.
page(s): 21, pl. 8, fig. 15 [details]
page(s): 108 [details]
additional source Fowler, O. (2016). Seashells of the Kenya coast. ConchBooks: Harxheim. Pp. 1–170.
page(s): 21, pl. 8, fig. 15 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
