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 superseded combination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 superseded combination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 2025-09-12
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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 Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Retusa insignis (Pilsbry, 1904))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Retusa (Decorifer) insignis (Pilsbry, 1904))
To Malacopics (Decorifer insignis (Pilsbry,1904) Australia, Queensland, Green Island)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Retusa insignis (Pilsbry, 1904))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Retusa (Decorifer) insignis (Pilsbry, 1904))
To Malacopics (Decorifer insignis (Pilsbry,1904) Australia, Queensland, Green Island)
