WoRMS taxon details
Retusa umbilicata (Montagu, 1803)
156376 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156376)
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 superseded combination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 junior subjective synonym (and superseded combination)
Cylichnina umbilicata (Montagu, 1803) · unaccepted
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 superseded combination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)
- 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 superseded rank)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]
page(s): vol. 1, p. 222 [details]
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 2025-05-17
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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]
original description (of Cylichna strigella Lovén, 1846) Lovén, S. L. (1846). <i>Index Molluscorum litora Scandinaviae occidentalia habitantium</i>. <em>Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps Akademiens Förhandlingar.</em> (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. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> 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 <em>Venus konkensis</em> (sredizemnomorskiya otlozheniya) na r. Konke [Beds with <em>Venus konkensis</em> (Mediterranean deposits) on the Konka River]. <em>Trudy Geologicheskago Komiteta.</em> 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). <i>Biology of Opisthobranch Molluscs</i>. Vol., 1. Ray Society (Monograph 151). 207 pp. [details]
page(s): vol. 1, p. 222 [details]
original description (of Cylichna strigella Lovén, 1846) Lovén, S. L. (1846). <i>Index Molluscorum litora Scandinaviae occidentalia habitantium</i>. <em>Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps Akademiens Förhandlingar.</em> (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. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> 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 <em>Venus konkensis</em> (sredizemnomorskiya otlozheniya) na r. Konke [Beds with <em>Venus konkensis</em> (Mediterranean deposits) on the Konka River]. <em>Trudy Geologicheskago Komiteta.</em> 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). <i>Biology of Opisthobranch Molluscs</i>. Vol., 1. Ray Society (Monograph 151). 207 pp. [details]
Other
additional source
Valdés A. (2019). Northeast Pacific benthic shelled sea slugs. <em>Zoosymposia.</em> 13: 242-304., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zoosymposia.13.1.21
page(s): 279, fig. 19F [details]
page(s): 279, fig. 19F [details]
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]
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
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
