WoRMS taxon details
Tornatina decorata Pilsbry, 1904
531522 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:531522)
accepted
Species
Acteocina decorata (Pilsbry, 1904) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Acteocina voluta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) · unaccepted
Bulla voluta Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Bulla...)
invalid: junior homonym of Bulla voluta Gmelin, 1791; Retusa gaimardi is a replacement name
Retusa gaimardi H. J. Finlay, 1927 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Tornatina sumatrana Thiele, 1925 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Tornatina voluta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Pilsbry, H. A. (1904). New Japanese marine Mollusca: Gastropoda. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 56: 3-32 [10 February], 33-37 [18 February], 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26316442
page(s): 37 [details]
page(s): 37 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Tornatina decorata Pilsbry, 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531522 on 2026-03-23
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Nomenclature
original description
Pilsbry, H. A. (1904). New Japanese marine Mollusca: Gastropoda. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 56: 3-32 [10 February], 33-37 [18 February], 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26316442
page(s): 37 [details]
original description (of Retusa gaimardi H. J. Finlay, 1927) Finlay, H. J. (1927). New specific names for Austral Mollusca. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 57: 488-533.
page(s): 520 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Tornatina sumatrana Thiele, 1925) Thiele, J. (1925). Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. II Teil. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899.</em> 17(2): 35-382, pls 13-46 [reprints paginated 1–348, pls 1–34]., available online at https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/3NJJP6TFO3ZWXZDRTI2CZV66VP76UDWR
page(s): 317 [351], pl. 32, fig. 3. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Bulla voluta Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 359 [details]
page(s): 37 [details]
original description (of Retusa gaimardi H. J. Finlay, 1927) Finlay, H. J. (1927). New specific names for Austral Mollusca. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 57: 488-533.
page(s): 520 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Tornatina sumatrana Thiele, 1925) Thiele, J. (1925). Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. II Teil. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899.</em> 17(2): 35-382, pls 13-46 [reprints paginated 1–348, pls 1–34]., available online at https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/3NJJP6TFO3ZWXZDRTI2CZV66VP76UDWR
page(s): 317 [351], pl. 32, fig. 3. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Bulla voluta Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 359 [details]
Other
additional source
Cernohorsky W.O. (1978). The taxonomy of some Indo-Pacific Mollusca. Part 6. <em>Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum.</em> 15: 67-86., available online at http:// https://www.jstor.org/stable/42906266 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ツララガイ | [details] |
To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 85985) (from synonym Acteocina decorata (Pilsbry, 1904))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Tornatina voluta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Acteocina decorata (Pilsbry, 1904))
To Malacopics (Acteocina decorata (Pilsbry, 1904) ) (from synonym Acteocina decorata (Pilsbry, 1904))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Tornatina voluta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Acteocina decorata (Pilsbry, 1904))
To Malacopics (Acteocina decorata (Pilsbry, 1904) ) (from synonym Acteocina decorata (Pilsbry, 1904))
