WoRMS name details
Retusa alba (Kanmacher, 1798)
1914857 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1914857)
unaccepted > unavailable name (suppressed for priority in Opinion 568)
Species
marine
recent + fossil
(of Voluta alba Kanmacher, 1798) Kanmacher F. (1798). Essays on the microscope. The Second Edition, with considerable additions and improvements. <em>Dillon & Keating, London.</em> xvii + [7 unnumbered] + 724 pp., 32 pl., available online at http://archive.org/stream/esmicrosco00adam#page/n7/mode/2up
page(s): 639, pl. 14 fig. 27 [details]
page(s): 639, pl. 14 fig. 27 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Retusa alba (Kanmacher, 1798). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1914857 on 2026-11-02
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(of Voluta alba Kanmacher, 1798) Kanmacher F. (1798). Essays on the microscope. The Second Edition, with considerable additions and improvements. <em>Dillon & Keating, London.</em> xvii + [7 unnumbered] + 724 pp., 32 pl., available online at http://archive.org/stream/esmicrosco00adam#page/n7/mode/2up
page(s): 639, pl. 14 fig. 27 [details]
basis of record ICZN. (1959). Opinion 568. Protection under the plenary powers of the specific name "<i>obtusa</i>" Montagu, 1803, as published in the combination "<i>Bulla obtusa</i>" (class Gastropoda). <em>Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 20: 404-412., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34655666 [details]
page(s): 639, pl. 14 fig. 27 [details]
basis of record ICZN. (1959). Opinion 568. Protection under the plenary powers of the specific name "<i>obtusa</i>" Montagu, 1803, as published in the combination "<i>Bulla obtusa</i>" (class Gastropoda). <em>Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 20: 404-412., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34655666 [details]
