MolluscaBase taxon details
Cellana toreuma (Reeve, 1855)
325466 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325466)
accepted
Species
Cellana amussitata (Reeve, 1855) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Patella (Laevipatella) nigra var. ghananis Christiaens, 1974 · unaccepted > unavailable name (variety published after 1960; ICZN...)
variety published after 1960; ICZN Art. 15.2
Patella affinis Reeve, 1855 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Patella amussitata Reeve, 1855 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Patella toreuma Reeve, 1855 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Patella toreuma Reeve, 1855) Reeve, L. A. (1854-1855). Monograph of the genus <i>Patella</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8, pls 1-42 and unpaginated tex. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, May 1855; pls 2-15, October 1854; pls 16-24, December 1854; pls 25-32, January 1855; pls 33-40, March 1855; pls 41-42, May 1855]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120573 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cellana toreuma (Reeve, 1855). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325466 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Patella toreuma Reeve, 1855) Reeve, L. A. (1854-1855). Monograph of the genus <i>Patella</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8, pls 1-42 and unpaginated tex. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, May 1855; pls 2-15, October 1854; pls 16-24, December 1854; pls 25-32, January 1855; pls 33-40, March 1855; pls 41-42, May 1855]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120573 [details]
original description (of Patella (Laevipatella) nigra var. ghananis Christiaens, 1974) Christiaens, J. (1974). Révision du genre <i>Patella</i> (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 3e serie, no. 182, Zoologie 121: 1305-1392 [published 30 April 1974]., available online at http://bionames.org/bionames-archive/issn/0300-9386/121/1305.pdf
page(s): 1370. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Patella amussitata Reeve, 1855) Reeve, L. A. (1854-1855). Monograph of the genus <i>Patella</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8, pls 1-42 and unpaginated tex. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, May 1855; pls 2-15, October 1854; pls 16-24, December 1854; pls 25-32, January 1855; pls 33-40, March 1855; pls 41-42, May 1855]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120573
page(s): pl. 30. figs. 83a-b [details]
basis of record Sasaki T. (2017). Family Nacellidae. Pp. 739-740, in: T. Okutani (ed.), <i>Marine Mollusks in Japan</i>, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp. [details]
additional source Yokogawa, K. (2015). Growth-related Conchological Changes in the Japanese True Limpets of the Family Nacellidae. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 72 (1-4): 29-48. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Iwasaki, K. (1994). Intra- and Interspecific Variation in Activity Patterns of Intertidal Limpets. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 53(2): 85 - 104. [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Sung, R. M.; Tsao, Y.-F.; Nakano, T.; Chan, B. K. K. (2025). An integrative taxonomy approach in studying the biodiversity of intertidal limpets in Taiwan. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 55(3): 45: 1-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-025-01522-3 [details]
additional source Nakano T. & Ozawa T. (2007). Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: molecular, morphological and paleontological evidence. <i>Journal of Molluscan Studies</i> 73(1): 79–99. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Kase T., Nakano T., Kurihara Y. & Haga T. (2013). A Middle Pleistocene limpet assemblage from central Japan (Gastropoda: Patellogastropoda) and selective extinction of intertidal rocky shore molluscs in response to glacio-eustatic sea-level changes. <em>Paleontological Research.</em> 17(3): 261-281., available online at https://doi.org/10.2517/1342-8144-17.3.261 [details]
original description (of Patella (Laevipatella) nigra var. ghananis Christiaens, 1974) Christiaens, J. (1974). Révision du genre <i>Patella</i> (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 3e serie, no. 182, Zoologie 121: 1305-1392 [published 30 April 1974]., available online at http://bionames.org/bionames-archive/issn/0300-9386/121/1305.pdf
page(s): 1370. [details] Available for editors

original description (of Patella amussitata Reeve, 1855) Reeve, L. A. (1854-1855). Monograph of the genus <i>Patella</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8, pls 1-42 and unpaginated tex. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, May 1855; pls 2-15, October 1854; pls 16-24, December 1854; pls 25-32, January 1855; pls 33-40, March 1855; pls 41-42, May 1855]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120573
page(s): pl. 30. figs. 83a-b [details]
basis of record Sasaki T. (2017). Family Nacellidae. Pp. 739-740, in: T. Okutani (ed.), <i>Marine Mollusks in Japan</i>, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp. [details]
additional source Yokogawa, K. (2015). Growth-related Conchological Changes in the Japanese True Limpets of the Family Nacellidae. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 72 (1-4): 29-48. [details] Available for editors

additional source Iwasaki, K. (1994). Intra- and Interspecific Variation in Activity Patterns of Intertidal Limpets. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 53(2): 85 - 104. [details] Available for editors

additional source Sung, R. M.; Tsao, Y.-F.; Nakano, T.; Chan, B. K. K. (2025). An integrative taxonomy approach in studying the biodiversity of intertidal limpets in Taiwan. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 55(3): 45: 1-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-025-01522-3 [details]
additional source Nakano T. & Ozawa T. (2007). Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: molecular, morphological and paleontological evidence. <i>Journal of Molluscan Studies</i> 73(1): 79–99. [details] Available for editors

additional source Kase T., Nakano T., Kurihara Y. & Haga T. (2013). A Middle Pleistocene limpet assemblage from central Japan (Gastropoda: Patellogastropoda) and selective extinction of intertidal rocky shore molluscs in response to glacio-eustatic sea-level changes. <em>Paleontological Research.</em> 17(3): 261-281., available online at https://doi.org/10.2517/1342-8144-17.3.261 [details]




To Barcode of Life (674 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cellana toreuma)
To GenBank (734 nucleotides; 711 proteins) (from synonym Patella toreuma Reeve, 1855)
To GenBank (734 nucleotides; 711 proteins)
To Malacopics (Cellana toreuma (Reeve, 1854) Japan, Wakayama, Nada-Cho, collected 1982, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cellana toreuma)
To GenBank (734 nucleotides; 711 proteins) (from synonym Patella toreuma Reeve, 1855)
To GenBank (734 nucleotides; 711 proteins)
To Malacopics (Cellana toreuma (Reeve, 1854) Japan, Wakayama, Nada-Cho, collected 1982, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)