''Retifusus'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s, marine
gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the
family
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Retimohniidae
The Retimohniidae are taxonomic family in the superfamily Buccinoidea of large sea snails, often known as whelk
Whelk (also known as scungilli) is a common name applied to various kinds of sea snail. Although a number of whelks are relati ...
, the true whelks and the like.
[Bouchet, P. (2014). Retifusus Dall, 1916. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=576159 on 2014-12-04]
Species
Species within the genus ''Retifusus'' include:
* ''
Retifusus attenuatus''
(Golikov & Gulbin, 1977)
* ''
Retifusus buccinoides''
(Dall, 1913)
* ''
Retifusus daphnelloides''
(Okutani, 1964)
* ''
Retifusus iturupus''
(Golikov & Sirenko, 1998)
* ''
Retifusus jessoensis''
(Schrenck, 1863)
* ''
Retifusus latericeus''
(Möller, 1842)
* ''
Retifusus laticingulatus''
Golikov & Gulbin, 1977
* ''
Retifusus latiplicatus''
Kosyan & Kantor, 2014
* ''
Retifusus olivaceus''
(Bartsch, 1929)
* ''
Retifusus parvus''
(Tiba, 1980)
* ''
Retifusus roseus''
(Dall, 1877)
* ''
Retifusus similis''
(Golikov & Gulbin, 1977)
* ''
Retifusus toyamanus''
(Tiba, 1981)
* ''
Retifusus virens''
(Dall, 1877)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Retifusus brunneus''
(Dall, 1877): synonym of ''Retifusus jessoensis''
(Schrenck, 1863)
* ''Retifusus incisus''
(Dall, 1919): synonym of ''
Plicifusus olivaceus''
(Aurivillius, 1885)
* ''Retifusus olivaceus''
(Aurivillius, 1885): synonym of ''
Plicifusus olivaceus''
(Aurivillius, 1885)
* ''Retifusus semiplicatus''
Golikov, 1985: synonym of ''Retifusus parvus''
(Tiba, 1980)
* ''Retifusus yanamii''
(Yokoyama, 1926): synonym of ''Retifusus virens''
(Dall, 1877)
References
* Dall W.H. (1916). ''Prodrome of a revision of the chrysodomoid whelks of the boreal and arctic regions.'' Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 29: 7-8.
External links
Kosyan A.R. & Kantor Y.I. (2014). ''Revision of the genus Retifusus Dall, 1916 (Gastropoda: Buccinidae)''. Ruthenica. 24(2): 129-172
Retimohniidae
{{Buccinidae-stub