Retusa

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Retusa
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Live Retusa sp.
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Retusa leptoeneilema
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Cephalaspidea
Superfamily: Bulloidea
Family: Retusidae
Genus: Retusa
T. Brown, 1827 [1]
Type species
Bulla obtusa
Montagu, 1803
Synonyms [2]
  • ClistaxisCossmann, 1895
  • ColeophysisP. Fischer, 1883
  • CryptaxisJeffreys, 1883
  • CylichninaMonterosato, 1884
  • MamilloretusaF. Nordsieck, 1972
  • Retua [sic] (misspelling)
  • Retusa (Coleophysis) P. Pischer, 1883
  • Retusa (Cylichnina) Monterosato, 1884
  • Retusa (Retusa)Brown, 1827
  • Retusa (Sulcularia)Dall, 1921 (invalid: junior homonym of SulculariaRafinesque, 1831; Sulcoretusa is a replacement name)
  • SulcoretusaJ. Q. Burch, 1945
  • Tornatina (Coleophysis)P. Fischer, 1883
  • Tornatina (Utriculus)T. Brown, 1844
  • Tornatina (Coleophysis) P. Fischer, 1883
  • UtriculusT. Brown, 1844 (Invalid: junior homonym of UtriculusSchumacher, 1817)
  • Utriculus (Tornatina)A. Adams, 1850

Retusa is a genus of very small head-shield sea snails or barrel-bubble snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Retusidae. [2]

Contents

Species

Species within the genus Retusa include:

Taxa inquirenda
Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. Brown T. (1827). Ill. Conch. G.B. & I., pl. xxxviii, fig. 1.
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Retusa T. Brown, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138432 on 2014-03-30