''Retusa'' is a
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of very small head-shield
sea snail
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s or barrel-bubble snails,
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the
family
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Retusidae
Retusidae is a family of very small sea snails, barrel-bubble snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks. These are headshield slugs, in the superfamily Bulloidea
Bulloidea is a superfamily of sea snails, or bubble snails, marine gastro ...
.
[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]
Species
Species within the genus ''Retusa'' include:
* ''
Retusa abyssicola''
Valdés, 2008
* ''
Retusa acrobeles''
(R. B. Watson, 1883)
* † ''
Retusa acrochone''
(Cossmann & Pissarro, 1900)
* ''
Retusa agulhasensis''
Thiele, 1925
* ''
Retusa amboynensis''
(R. B. Watson, 1883)
* ''
Retusa amphizosta''
(Watson, 1886)
* ''
Retusa avenaria''
(R. B. Watson, 1883)
* ''
Retusa atkinsoni''
(Tenison-Woods, 1876)
* ''
Retusa canariensis
''Retusa'' is a genus of very small head-shield sea snails or barrel-bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Retusidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). ''Retusa'' T. Brown, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
''
(Nordsieck & Talavera, 1979)
* ''
Retusa carpenteri''
(Hanley, 1859)
* ''
Retusa cecillii''
(Philippi, 1844)
* ''
Retusa chrysoma''
Burn in Burn & Bell, 1974
* ''
Retusa chukchii
''Retusa'' is a genus of very small head-shield sea snails or barrel-bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Retusidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). ''Retusa'' T. Brown, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
''
Chaban, 2008
* ''
Retusa complanata
''Retusa'' is a genus of very small head-shield sea snails or barrel-bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Retusidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). ''Retusa'' T. Brown, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species a ...
''
(Watson, 1883)
* ''
Retusa concentrica
''Retusa'' is a genus of very small head-shield sea snails or barrel-bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Retusidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). ''Retusa'' T. Brown, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
''
(A. Adams, 1850)
* ''
Retusa crebrisculpta
''Retusa'' is a genus of very small head-shield sea snails or barrel-bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Retusidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). ''Retusa'' T. Brown, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
''
(Monterosato, 1884)
* ''
Retusa crispula
''Retusa'' is a genus of very small head-shield sea snails or barrel-bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Retusidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). ''Retusa'' T. Brown, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
''
(Watson, 1883)
* ''
Retusa crossei
''Retusa'' is a genus of very small head-shield sea snails or barrel-bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Retusidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). ''Retusa'' T. Brown, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
''
(Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1886)
* ''
Retusa delicatula
''Retusa'' is a genus of very small head-shield sea snails or barrel-bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Retusidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). ''Retusa'' T. Brown, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
''
(A. Adams, 1862)
* ''
Retusa desgenettii
''Retusa'' is a genus of very small head-shield sea snails or barrel-bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Retusidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). ''Retusa'' T. Brown, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
''
(Audouin, 1826)
* ''
Retusa diaphana
''Retusa'' is a genus of very small head-shield sea snails or barrel-bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Retusidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). ''Retusa'' T. Brown, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
''
Valdés, 2008
* ''
Retusa elegantissima
''Retusa'' is a genus of very small head-shield sea snails or barrel-bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Retusidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). ''Retusa'' T. Brown, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
''
Habe, 1950
* † ''
Retusa ennucleata''
(Powell & Bartrum, 1929)
* ''
Retusa famelica''
Watson, 1883
* ''
Retusa frielei''
(Dall, 1881)
* ''
Retusa galapagana''
Dall, 1919
* ''
Retusa golikovi''
Chaban, 2004
* ''
Retusa insolita''
Valdés, 2008
* ''
Retusa instabilis''
Minichev, 1971
* ''
Retusa laevisculpta
''Retusa'' is a genus of very small head-shield sea snails or barrel-bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Retusidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). ''Retusa'' T. Brown, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
''
(Granata-Grillo, 1877)
* ''
Retusa lata''
Chaban & Chernyshev, 2013
* ''
Retusa lenis''
Valdés, 2008
* ''
Retusa leptekes''
(R. B. Watson, 1883)
* ''
Retusa leptoeneilema
''Retusa'' is a genus of very small head-shield sea snails or barrel-bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Retusidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). ''Retusa'' T. Brown, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
''
(Brusina, 1866)
* ''
Retusa leuca''
(R. B. Watson, 1883)
* ''
Retusa longispirata''
(Yamakawa, 1911)
* ''
Retusa mammillata
''Retusa'' is a genus of very small head-shield sea snails or barrel-bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Retusidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). ''Retusa'' T. Brown, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
''
(Philippi, 1836)
* ''
Retusa mariei''
(Dautzenberg, 1889)
* ''
Retusa mayoi''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''
Retusa minima''
Yamakawa, 1911
* ''
Retusa minutissima''
(Monterosato, 1878)
* ''
Retusa montereyensis''
Smith & Gordon, 1948
* ''
Retusa natalensis''
Barnard, 1963
* ''
Retusa nicobarica''
Thiele, 1925
* ''
Retusa nitidula''
(Lovén, 1846)
* ''
Retusa obtusa
''Retusa obtusa'', common name the "Arctic barrel-bubble", is a species of very small head-shield sea snail or bubble shell, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Retusidae
Retusidae is a family of very small sea snails, barrel-bubble snai ...
''
(Montagu, 1803)
* ''
Retusa operculata''
Minichev, 1966
* ''
Retusa opima''
(Finlay, 1926)
* ''
Retusa orientalis''
Thiele, 1925
* ''
Retusa oruaensis''
(Webster, 1908)
* ''
Retusa orycta''
(R. B. Watson, 1883)
* † ''
Retusa otahuhuensis''
(Laws, 1950)
* ''
Retusa oviformis''
Thiele, 1925
* ''
Retusa ovoides''
(Milaschewitsch, 1916)
* ''
Retusa ovulina''
Lin, 1991
* ''
Retusa parvula''
(Jeffreys, 1883)
* ''
Retusa paziana''
Dall, 1919
* ''
Retusa pelyx''
Burn in Burn & Bell, 1974
* ''
Retusa perforata''
Thiele, 1925
* ''
Retusa pervia''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''
Retusa pharetra''
Hedley, 1909
* † ''
Retusa pressa''
Marwick, 1928
* ''
Retusa protumida''
(Hedley, 1903)
* ''
Retusa pseudoglobosa''
Nomura, 1939
* ''
Retusa pygmaea''
(A. Adams, 1850)
* ''
Retusa sakuraii''
(Habe, 1958)
* ''
Retusa sculpta''
(Gatliff & Gabriel, 1913)
* † ''
Retusa segnis''
(Laws, 1940)
* ''
Retusa siberutensis''
Thiele, 1925
* † ''
Retusa soror''
(Suter, 1917)
* ''
Retusa sosa''
Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1969
* ''
Retusa spatha''
(R. B. Watson, 1883)
* ''
Retusa striata''
(Hutton, 1873)
* ''
Retusa succincta''
(A. Adams, 1862)
* ''
Retusa sulcata
''Retusa'' is a genus of very small head-shield sea snails or barrel-bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Retusidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). ''Retusa'' T. Brown, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...
''
(d'Orbigny, 1841)
* ''
Retusa sulcata
''Retusa'' is a genus of very small head-shield sea snails or barrel-bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Retusidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). ''Retusa'' T. Brown, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...
''
(Watson, 1883) is a secondary junior homonym of ''Retusa sulcata''
(d'Orbigny, 1841). No replacement name has been proposed, but the systematics of these small cephalaspids is very confused, and both species may end up in different genera after a proper re-evaluation of their status.
* ''
Retusa sumatrana''
Thiele, 1925
* ''
Retusa tarutana''
Smythe, 1979
* ''
Retusa tenerifensis''
(Nordsieck & Talavera, 1979)
* ''
Retusa tornata''
(Watson, 1886)
* ''
Retusa toyamaensis''
(Habe, 1955)
* ''
Retusa trunca''
Valdés, 2008
* ''
Retusa truncatula''
(Bruguière, 1792)
* ''
Retusa turrigera''
Melvill, 1910
* ''
Retusa umbilicata
''Retusa'' is a genus of very small head-shield sea snails or barrel-bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Retusidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). ''Retusa'' T. Brown, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
''
(Montagu, 1803)
* ''
Retusa variabilis''
(Milaschewitsch, 1912)
* ''
Retusa waughiana''
Hedley, 1899
* ''
Retusa xystrum''
Dall, 1919
;Taxa inquirenda:
* ''Retusa bysma''
Melvill, 1904
* ''Retusa candidula''
(Locard, 1892) (taxon inquirendum, name is based on a junior primary homonym.)
* ''Retusa ennurensis''
Preston, 1916
* ''Retusa multiquadrata''
Oberling, 1970 (
taxon inquirendum
In biological classification, a ''species inquirenda'' is a species of doubtful identity requiring further investigation. The use of the term in English-language biological literature dates back to at least the early nineteenth century.
The term t ...
; needs investigation)
* ''Retusa obesa''
(Locard, 1897)
* ''Retusa pusillina''
(Locard, 1897)
* ''Retusa robagliana''
(P. Fischer, 1869) (taxon inquirendum)
* ''Retusa semen''
(Reeve, 1855) (taxon inquirendum)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Retusa alayoi'' (Espinosa & Ortea, 2004): synonym of ''
Colinatys alayoi'' (Espinosa & Ortea, 2004)
* ''Retusa anderssoni'' Strebel, 1908: synonym of ''
Diaphana anderssoni'' (Strebel, 1908)
* ''Retusa antarctica'' Melvill & Standen, 1912: synonym of ''
Diaphana paessleri'' (Strebel, 1905)
* ''Retusa apiculata'' (Tate, 1879): synonym of ''Tornatina apiculata'' (Tate, 1879): synonym of ''
Acteocina apiculata'' (Tate, 1879)
* ''Retusa bizona'' (A. Adams, 1850): synonym of ''
Mnestia girardi'' (Audouin, 1826)
* ''Retusa caelata'' (Bush, 1885): synonym of ''
Pyrunculus caelatus'' (Bush, 1885)
* ''Retusa carinensis'' de Gregorio, 1889: synonym of ''Retusa truncatula'' (Bruguière, 1792)
* ''Retusa cumberlandiana'' Strebel, 1908: synonym of ''
Cylichna cumberlandiana'' (Strebel, 1908)
* ''Retusa desgenettesi'' (Audouin, 1827): synonym of ''Retusa desgenettii'' (Audouin, 1826)
* ''Retusa dilatata'' Pallary, 1904: synonym of ''Retusa truncatula'' (Bruguière, 1792)
* ''Retusa domita'' (Dall, 1889): synonym of ''
Cylichnium domitum'' (Dall, 1908)
* ''Retusa eumicra'' (Crosse in Crosse & Fischer, 1865): synonym of ''Tornatina eumicra'' (Crosse, 1865): synonym of ''
Acteocina eumicra'' (Crosse, 1865)
* ''Retusa fourierii'' (Audouin, 1826): synonym of ''
Pyrunculus fourierii'' (Audouin, 1826)
* ''Retusa frigida'' Hedley, 1916: synonym of ''
Diaphana paessleri'' (Strebel, 1905)
* ''Retusa gaimardi'' Finlay, 1927: synonym of ''
Acteocina decorata'' (Pilsbry, 1904)
* ''Retusa girardi'' (Audouin, 1826): synonym of ''
Ventomnestia girardi'' (Audouin, 1826)
* ''Retusa gordonis'' Yokoyama, 1927: synonym of ''
Acteocina gordonis'' (Yokoyama, 1927)
* ''Retusa inflata'' Strebel, 1908: synonym of ''
Diaphana inflata'' (Strebel, 1908)
* ''Retusa insignis''
(Pilsbry, 1904): synonym of ''
Decorifer insignis''
(Pilsbry, 1904)
* ''Retusa lactea'' (Jeffreys, 1877): synonym of ''
Diaphana lactea'' (Jeffreys, 1877)
* ''Retusa mariateresae'' Parenzan, 1970: synonym of ''
Bulla striata'' Bruguière, 1792
* ''Retusa marshalli'' Sykes, 1904: synonym of ''
Diaphana marshalli'' (Sykes, 1904)
* ''Retusa matusimana'' Nomura, 1939: synonym of
Decorifer matusimanus (Nomura, 1939)
* ''Retusa obtusata'': synonym of ''Retusa obtusa'' (Montagu, 1803)
* ''Retusa pellucida''
(T. Brown, 1827): synonym of ''
Retusa truncatula''
(Bruguière, 1792)
* ''Retusa pertenuis'' (Mighels, 1843): synonym of ''Retusa obtusa'' (Montagu, 1803)
* ''Retusa pfefferi'' Strebel, 1908: synonym of ''
Diaphana pfefferi'' (Strebel, 1908)
* ''Retusa piriformis'' Nordsieck, 1972: synonym of ''Retusa truncatula'' (Bruguière, 1792)
* ''Retusa semen'' Thiele, 1925: synonym of ''
Pyrunculus pyriformis'' (A. Adams, 1850)
* ''Retusa semisulcata'' (Philippi, 1836): synonym of ''Retusa truncatula'' (Bruguière, 1792)
* ''Retusa strigella'' (Lovén, 1846): synonym of ''Cylichnina umbilicata'' (Montagu, 1803): synonym of ''Retusa umbilicata'' (Montagu, 1803)
* ''Retusa subcylindrica'' (Brown, 1827): synonym of ''Cylichnina umbilicata'' (Montagu, 1803): synonym of ''Retusa umbilicata'' (Montagu, 1803)
* ''Retusa tohokuensis'' Nomura, 1939: synonym of ''
Acteocina tohokuensis'' (Nomura, 1939)
* ''Retusa truncatoides'' Nomura, 1939: synonym of ''
Acteocina truncatoides'' (Nomura, 1939)
* ''Retusa turrita'' Møller, 1842: synonym of ''Retusa obtusa'' (Montagu, 1803)
References
* Nordsieck, F. (1972). Die europäischen Meeresschnecken (Opisthobranchia mit Pyramidellidae; Rissoacea). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden, Mittelmeer und Schwarzes Meer. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart. XIII + 327 pp.
* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). ''European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification.'' Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
* Valdés, Á. (2008). Deep-sea "cephalaspidean" heterobranchs (Gastropoda) from the tropical southwest Pacific. In: Héros, V. et al. (eds) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 196: 587-792.
External links
Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London. 144 pp., 52 plsBrown T. (1844). Illustrations of the Recent Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, with the description and localities of all the species, marine, land, and fresh water. Ed. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co. Drawn and Coloured from Nature. Second Edition, Greatly EnlargedBurch_J.Q._(1945)._[Untitled_Minutes_of_the_Conchological_Club_of_Southern_California._47:_5-26.html" ;"title="ntitled">Burch J.Q. (1945). [Untitled
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Dall, W. H. (1921). Summary of the marine shellbearing mollusks of the northwest coast of America, from San Diego, California, to the Polar Sea, mostly contained in the collection of the United States National Museum, with illustrations of hitherto unfigured species. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 112: 1-217, pls 1-22.Jeffreys, J. G. (1883). On the Mollusca procured during the cruise of H. M. S. Triton, between the Hebrides and Faeroes in 1882. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1883): 389-399, pl. 44Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp.CZN. (1959). Opinion 568. Protection under the plenary powers of the specific name "obtusa" Montagu, 1803, as published in the combination "Bulla obtusa" (class Gastropoda). Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 20: 404-412.Iredale, T. (1915). Some more misused generic names. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 11: 291-306
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