MolluscaBase taxon details
Retusa oruaensis (W. H. Webster, 1908)
599200 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:599200)
accepted
Species
Retusa suteri Finlay, 1927 · unaccepted
Tornatina biplicata Suter, 1909 · unaccepted
Tornatina charlottae Suter, 1909 · unaccepted
Tornatina decapitata Suter, 1909 · unaccepted
Tornatina oruaensis W. H. Webster, 1908 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Tornatina tenuilirata Suter, 1909 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Tornatina oruaensis W. H. Webster, 1908) Webster, W.H. (1908). Additions to the New Zealand fauna. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 40 ["1907"]: 254–259., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3302484
page(s): 255 [details]
page(s): 255 [details]
Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native - endemic) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Retusa oruaensis (W. H. Webster, 1908). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599200 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Tornatina tenuilirata Suter, 1909) Suter H. (1909). Description of new species and subspecies of New Zealand Mollusca, with notes on a few species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 8: 253-265., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32058460
page(s): 257 [details]
original description (of Tornatina oruaensis W. H. Webster, 1908) Webster, W.H. (1908). Additions to the New Zealand fauna. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 40 ["1907"]: 254–259., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3302484
page(s): 255 [details]
original description (of Tornatina biplicata Suter, 1909) Suter H. (1909). Description of new species and subspecies of New Zealand Mollusca, with notes on a few species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 8: 253-265., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32058460
page(s): 255 [details]
original description (of Tornatina charlottae Suter, 1909) Suter H. (1909). Description of new species and subspecies of New Zealand Mollusca, with notes on a few species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 8: 253-265., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32058460
page(s): 256 [details]
original description (of Tornatina decapitata Suter, 1909) Suter H. (1909). Description of new species and subspecies of New Zealand Mollusca, with notes on a few species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 8: 253-265., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32058460
page(s): 256 [details]
original description (of Retusa suteri 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]
basis of record Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone. , available online at http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz [details]
additional source Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [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]
status source Dell, R. K. (1956). The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand. <em>Dominion Museum Bulletin.</em> 18: 1-235. [details]
page(s): 257 [details]
original description (of Tornatina oruaensis W. H. Webster, 1908) Webster, W.H. (1908). Additions to the New Zealand fauna. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 40 ["1907"]: 254–259., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3302484
page(s): 255 [details]
original description (of Tornatina biplicata Suter, 1909) Suter H. (1909). Description of new species and subspecies of New Zealand Mollusca, with notes on a few species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 8: 253-265., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32058460
page(s): 255 [details]
original description (of Tornatina charlottae Suter, 1909) Suter H. (1909). Description of new species and subspecies of New Zealand Mollusca, with notes on a few species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 8: 253-265., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32058460
page(s): 256 [details]
original description (of Tornatina decapitata Suter, 1909) Suter H. (1909). Description of new species and subspecies of New Zealand Mollusca, with notes on a few species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 8: 253-265., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32058460
page(s): 256 [details]
original description (of Retusa suteri 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]basis of record Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone. , available online at http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz [details]
additional source Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [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]
status source Dell, R. K. (1956). The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand. <em>Dominion Museum Bulletin.</em> 18: 1-235. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Retusa omanensis. Melvill & Standen, 1903. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7) 12: 321, pl. 23, fig. 19 - catalog no. 164769)
To Malacopics (Retusa oruaensis (W. H. Webster, 1908) New Zealand, Wellington, Hutt Co., Lyall Bay, in shell sand, collected April 1974, ex coll. M.A. Wotton)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.001734; Tornatina tenuilirata Suter, 1909; holotype) (from synonym Tornatina tenuilirata Suter, 1909)
To Malacopics (Retusa oruaensis (W. H. Webster, 1908) New Zealand, Wellington, Hutt Co., Lyall Bay, in shell sand, collected April 1974, ex coll. M.A. Wotton)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.001734; Tornatina tenuilirata Suter, 1909; holotype) (from synonym Tornatina tenuilirata Suter, 1909)
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