WoRMS taxon details
Tornatina apicina A. A. Gould, 1859
531523 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:531523)
accepted
Species
Acteocina apicina (A. A. Gould, 1859) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Retusa apicina (A. A. Gould, 1859) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Retusa avenaria (R. B. Watson, 1883) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tornatina brenchleyi Angas, 1877 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tornatina mariae Tenison Woods, 1877 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Utriculus (Tornatina) avenarius R. B. Watson, 1883 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Utriculus avenarius R. B. Watson, 1883 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gould, A. A. (1859). Descriptions of new species of shells brought home by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 7: 138-142., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9249698
page(s): 139. [details]
page(s): 139. [details]
Type locality contained in Sydney
type locality contained in Sydney [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Tornatina apicina A. A. Gould, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531523 on 2026-03-23
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Nomenclature
original description
Gould, A. A. (1859). Descriptions of new species of shells brought home by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 7: 138-142., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9249698
page(s): 139. [details]
original description (of Utriculus (Tornatina) avenarius R. B. Watson, 1883) Watson, R. B. (1879-1883). Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 14: 506-529, 586-605, 692-716 [1879]; 15: 87-126, 217-230 [1880], 245-274, 388-412, 413-455, 457-475 [1881]; 16: 247-254, 324-343, 358-372, 373-392 [1882], 594-611 [1883]; 17: 26-40, 112-130, 284-293, 319-340, 341-346 [1883]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/99383 [details]
original description (of Tornatina brenchleyi Angas, 1877) Angas, G. F. (1877). A further list of additional species of marine Mollusca to be included in the fauna of Port Jackson and the adjacent coasts of New South Wales. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1877(2): 178-194., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28510766
page(s): 40, pl. 5 fig. 20 [details]
original description (of Tornatina mariae Tenison Woods, 1877) Tenison Woods, J. E. (1877). On some new Tasmanian marine shells. (Second series). <em>Papers and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> 1876: 131-159., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12289352
page(s): 155 [details]
basis of record Burn, R. F. (2006). A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. <em>Museum Victoria Science Reports.</em> 10:1–42., available online at http://researchdata.museum.vic.gov.au/marine/burn_2006.pdf [details]
page(s): 139. [details]
original description (of Utriculus (Tornatina) avenarius R. B. Watson, 1883) Watson, R. B. (1879-1883). Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 14: 506-529, 586-605, 692-716 [1879]; 15: 87-126, 217-230 [1880], 245-274, 388-412, 413-455, 457-475 [1881]; 16: 247-254, 324-343, 358-372, 373-392 [1882], 594-611 [1883]; 17: 26-40, 112-130, 284-293, 319-340, 341-346 [1883]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/99383 [details]
original description (of Tornatina brenchleyi Angas, 1877) Angas, G. F. (1877). A further list of additional species of marine Mollusca to be included in the fauna of Port Jackson and the adjacent coasts of New South Wales. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1877(2): 178-194., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28510766
page(s): 40, pl. 5 fig. 20 [details]
original description (of Tornatina mariae Tenison Woods, 1877) Tenison Woods, J. E. (1877). On some new Tasmanian marine shells. (Second series). <em>Papers and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> 1876: 131-159., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12289352
page(s): 155 [details]
basis of record Burn, R. F. (2006). A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. <em>Museum Victoria Science Reports.</em> 10:1–42., available online at http://researchdata.museum.vic.gov.au/marine/burn_2006.pdf [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Malacopics (Acteocina apicina (A. Gould, 1859) Australia, Western Australia, Eagle Bluff, 25 km... (from synonym Acteocina apicina (A. A. Gould, 1859))
To Malacopics (Acteocina apicina (A.Gould,1859) Australia, South Australia, Yorke Peninsula, Edith... (from synonym Acteocina apicina (A. A. Gould, 1859))
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Malacopics (Acteocina apicina (A. Gould, 1859) Australia, Western Australia, Eagle Bluff, 25 km... (from synonym Acteocina apicina (A. A. Gould, 1859))
To Malacopics (Acteocina apicina (A.Gould,1859) Australia, South Australia, Yorke Peninsula, Edith... (from synonym Acteocina apicina (A. A. Gould, 1859))
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
