MolluscaBase taxon details
Decorifer insignis (Pilsbry, 1904)
872289 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:872289)
accepted
Species
Acteocina (Decorifer) insignis (Pilsbry, 1904) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Acteocina insignis (Pilsbry, 1904) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Retusa (Decorifer) insignis (Pilsbry, 1904) · unaccepted
Retusa insignis (Pilsbry, 1904) · unaccepted
Tornatina fontinalis Yokoyama, 1927 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tornatina insignis Pilsbry, 1904 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Tornatina insignis Pilsbry, 1904) 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): 36, p. 5, fig. 49a, 49b [details]
page(s): 36, p. 5, fig. 49a, 49b [details]
Note Japan, "Hirado, Hizen"
Type locality Japan, "Hirado, Hizen" [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Decorifer insignis (Pilsbry, 1904). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=872289 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Tornatina insignis Pilsbry, 1904) 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): 36, p. 5, fig. 49a, 49b [details]
original description (of Tornatina fontinalis Yokoyama, 1927) Yokoyama M. (1927). Mollusca from the Upper Musashino of Tokyo and its suburbs. <em>Journal of the Faculty of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo. Section II, Geology, Mineralogy, Geography, Seismology.</em> 1(10): 391–437, pls 46-50., available online at http://umdb.um.u-tokyo.ac.jp/DKoseibu/pdf/Ref_0488_.pdf
page(s): 407, pl. XLVI, fig. 3 [details]
context source (HKRMS) Lin GY. & Qi ZY.(1985). A preliminary survey of the Cephalaspidea (Opisthobranchia) of Hong Kong and ajacent waters. In: Morton B & Dudgeon D., editor. Proceedings of the Second International workshop on the malacofauna of Hong Kong. The malacofauna of Hong Kong and southern China II. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 1: pp109-124. [details]
basis of record Lin GY. & Qi ZY.(1985). A preliminary survey of the Cephalaspidea (Opisthobranchia) of Hong Kong and ajacent waters. In: Morton B & Dudgeon D., editor. Proceedings of the Second International workshop on the malacofauna of Hong Kong. The malacofauna of Hong Kong and southern China II. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 1: pp109-124. [details]
additional source Chaban E.M. (2016). Heterobranch mollusks of the orders Acteonoidea and Cephalaspidea (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) of Vietnam: annotated check-list with illustrations of some species. In: A. V. Adrianov & K. A. Lutaenko (eds), <i>Biodiversity of the western part of the South China Sea</i>: 415-448. Vladivostok, Dalnauka. [details]
page(s): 36, p. 5, fig. 49a, 49b [details]
original description (of Tornatina fontinalis Yokoyama, 1927) Yokoyama M. (1927). Mollusca from the Upper Musashino of Tokyo and its suburbs. <em>Journal of the Faculty of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo. Section II, Geology, Mineralogy, Geography, Seismology.</em> 1(10): 391–437, pls 46-50., available online at http://umdb.um.u-tokyo.ac.jp/DKoseibu/pdf/Ref_0488_.pdf
page(s): 407, pl. XLVI, fig. 3 [details]
context source (HKRMS) Lin GY. & Qi ZY.(1985). A preliminary survey of the Cephalaspidea (Opisthobranchia) of Hong Kong and ajacent waters. In: Morton B & Dudgeon D., editor. Proceedings of the Second International workshop on the malacofauna of Hong Kong. The malacofauna of Hong Kong and southern China II. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 1: pp109-124. [details]
basis of record Lin GY. & Qi ZY.(1985). A preliminary survey of the Cephalaspidea (Opisthobranchia) of Hong Kong and ajacent waters. In: Morton B & Dudgeon D., editor. Proceedings of the Second International workshop on the malacofauna of Hong Kong. The malacofauna of Hong Kong and southern China II. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 1: pp109-124. [details]
additional source Chaban E.M. (2016). Heterobranch mollusks of the orders Acteonoidea and Cephalaspidea (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) of Vietnam: annotated check-list with illustrations of some species. In: A. V. Adrianov & K. A. Lutaenko (eds), <i>Biodiversity of the western part of the South China Sea</i>: 415-448. Vladivostok, Dalnauka. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Japan, "Hirado, Hizen" [details]
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Tornatina insignis. Pilsbry, 1904. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 56: 36-37, pl. 5, fig. 49, 49a - catalog no. 85984) (from synonym Tornatina insignis Pilsbry, 1904)
To Malacopics (Decorifer insignis (Pilsbry,1904) Australia, Queensland, Green Island)
To Malacopics (Decorifer insignis (Pilsbry,1904) Australia, Queensland, Green Island)
