MolluscaBase taxon details
Limacina retroversa (J. Fleming, 1823)
140227 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140227)
accepted
Species
Fusus retroversus J. Fleming, 1823 · unaccepted (superseded combination; declared...)
superseded combination; declared nomen protectum by Janssen (2012)
Heterofusus alexandri A. E. Verrill, 1872 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Heterofusus retroversus (J. Fleming, 1823) · unaccepted
Limacina balea Møller, 1841 · unaccepted (synonym)
Limacina retroversa f. balea Møller, 1841 · unaccepted
Peracle flemingii Jeffreys, 1847 · unaccepted (synonym)
Scaea stenogyra R. A. Philippi, 1844 · unaccepted
Spiratella retroversa (J. Fleming, 1823) · unaccepted
Spirialis australis Eydoux & Souleyet, 1840 · unaccepted (synonym)
Spirialis balea (Møller, 1841) · unaccepted
Spirialis gouldii W. Stimpson, 1851 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Spirialis jeffreysii Forbes & Hanley, 1849 · unaccepted (synonym)
Spirialis macandrewi Forbes & Hanley, 1849 · unaccepted (synonym)
Spirialis retroversa (J. Fleming, 1823) · unaccepted
Trochus lunaris Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (declared nomen oblitum by Janssen...)
declared nomen oblitum by Janssen (2012)
- Subspecies Limacina retroversa australis (Eydoux & Souleyet, 1840)
- Subspecies Limacina retroversa retroversa (J. Fleming, 1823)
- Forma Limacina retroversa f. balea Møller, 1841 accepted as Limacina retroversa (J. Fleming, 1823)
- Forma Limacina retroversa f. retroversa (J. Fleming, 1823) accepted as Limacina retroversa retroversa (J. Fleming, 1823)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Fusus retroversus J. Fleming, 1823) Fleming, J. (1823). On a reversed species of <i>Fusus</i> (<i>Fusus retroversus</i>). <em>Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society (Edinburgh).</em> 4(3): 498-500, pl. 15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46990069 [details]
Distribution Arctic seas to Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Distribution Arctic seas to Cape Cod, Massachusetts [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Limacina retroversa (J. Fleming, 1823). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140227 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Fusus retroversus J. Fleming, 1823) Fleming, J. (1823). On a reversed species of <i>Fusus</i> (<i>Fusus retroversus</i>). <em>Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society (Edinburgh).</em> 4(3): 498-500, pl. 15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46990069 [details]
original description (of Scaea stenogyra R. A. Philippi, 1844) Philippi, R. A. (1844). <i>Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2</i>. Halle [Halis Saxorum]: Eduard Anton. iv + 303 pp., pls 13-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46936062
page(s): 164, pl 25 fig. 20 [details]
original description (of Trochus lunaris Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Peracle flemingii Jeffreys, 1847) Jeffreys, J. G. (1847). Additional notices on British shells. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 20: 16-19., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278648
page(s): 16 [details]
original description (of Spirialis australis Eydoux & Souleyet, 1840) Eydoux J.F.T. & Souleyet L.F.A. (1840). Description sommaire de plusieurs Ptéropodes nouveaux ou imparfaitement connus, destinés à être publiés dans le voyage de la "Bonite". <em>Revue Zoologique de la Société Cuvierienne, Paris.</em> (1840): 235-239., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13714239 [details]
original description (of Spirialis gouldii W. Stimpson, 1851) Stimpson, W. (1851). Descriptions of two new species of shells from Massachusetts Bay, namely <i>Spirialis gouldii</i>, and <i>Thracia couthouyi</i>, and a Holothuria, under the name of <i>Anaperus unisemita</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 4:7-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870738#page/15/mode/1up
page(s): p. 8. [details]
original description (of Spirialis jeffreysii Forbes & Hanley, 1849) Forbes, E.; Hanley, S. C. T. (1848-1853). <i>A history of British Mollusca and their shells</i>. London, van Voorst. 4 vols., 2064 pp., 203 pls. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16341
page(s): 386 [details]
original description (of Spirialis macandrewi Forbes & Hanley, 1849) Forbes, E.; Hanley, S. C. T. (1848-1853). <i>A history of British Mollusca and their shells</i>. London, van Voorst. 4 vols., 2064 pp., 203 pls. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16341
page(s): 386 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Janssen, A.W. (2012). Late Quaternary to Recent holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda) from bottom samples of the eastern Mediterranean Sea: systematics, morphology. <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 48 (suplemento 9): 1-105. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Morton, J. E. (1954). The biology of <i>Limacina retroversa</i>. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 33(2): 297-312., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s002531540000833x [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Scaea stenogyra R. A. Philippi, 1844) Philippi, R. A. (1844). <i>Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2</i>. Halle [Halis Saxorum]: Eduard Anton. iv + 303 pp., pls 13-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46936062
page(s): 164, pl 25 fig. 20 [details]
original description (of Trochus lunaris Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Peracle flemingii Jeffreys, 1847) Jeffreys, J. G. (1847). Additional notices on British shells. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 20: 16-19., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278648
page(s): 16 [details]
original description (of Spirialis australis Eydoux & Souleyet, 1840) Eydoux J.F.T. & Souleyet L.F.A. (1840). Description sommaire de plusieurs Ptéropodes nouveaux ou imparfaitement connus, destinés à être publiés dans le voyage de la "Bonite". <em>Revue Zoologique de la Société Cuvierienne, Paris.</em> (1840): 235-239., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13714239 [details]
original description (of Spirialis gouldii W. Stimpson, 1851) Stimpson, W. (1851). Descriptions of two new species of shells from Massachusetts Bay, namely <i>Spirialis gouldii</i>, and <i>Thracia couthouyi</i>, and a Holothuria, under the name of <i>Anaperus unisemita</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 4:7-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870738#page/15/mode/1up
page(s): p. 8. [details]
original description (of Spirialis jeffreysii Forbes & Hanley, 1849) Forbes, E.; Hanley, S. C. T. (1848-1853). <i>A history of British Mollusca and their shells</i>. London, van Voorst. 4 vols., 2064 pp., 203 pls. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16341
page(s): 386 [details]
original description (of Spirialis macandrewi Forbes & Hanley, 1849) Forbes, E.; Hanley, S. C. T. (1848-1853). <i>A history of British Mollusca and their shells</i>. London, van Voorst. 4 vols., 2064 pp., 203 pls. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16341
page(s): 386 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Janssen, A.W. (2012). Late Quaternary to Recent holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda) from bottom samples of the eastern Mediterranean Sea: systematics, morphology. <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 48 (suplemento 9): 1-105. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Morton, J. E. (1954). The biology of <i>Limacina retroversa</i>. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 33(2): 297-312., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s002531540000833x [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Dimensions maximum size up to 5 or 6 mm in length [details]Distribution Arctic seas to Cape Cod, Massachusetts [details]
Habitat upper epipelagic and glacial [details]
To Malacopics (Limacina retroversa (J. Fleming, 1823) Atlantic Ocean, off W Scotland, Rockall Trough, by dredging, at 557 m depth, collected 2nd September 2004, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To ITIS
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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