Retusidae
Family of gastropods
Retusidae | |
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Live Retusa sp. | |
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A shell of Retusa obtusa | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Cohort: | Tectipleura |
Order: | Cephalaspidea |
Superfamily: | Bulloidea |
Family: | Retusidae Thiele, 1925 |
Type species | |
Bulla obtusa Montagu, 1803 |
Retusidae is a family of very small sea snails, barrel-bubble snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks. These are headshield slugs, in the superfamily Bulloidea.[1]
Genera
Genera within the family Retusidae include:
- Pyrunculus Pilsbry, 1895
- Relichna Rudman, 1971
- Retusa T. Brown, 1827
- Sulcoretusa J.Q. Burch, 1945
- Genera brought into synonymy
- Coleophysis: synonym of Retusa T. Brown, 1827
- Cylichnina Monterosato, 1884: synonym of Retusa T. Brown, 1827
- Mamilloretusa F. Nordsieck, 1972 accepted as Retusa T. Brown, 1827
- Sao H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 accepted as Pyrunculus Pilsbry, 1895
- Sulcularia Dall, 1921 accepted as Sulcoretusa J.Q. Burch, 1945
- Utriculus T. Brown, 1844 accepted as Retusa T. Brown, 1827
References
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Retusidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156 on 2012-08-19
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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External links
- Miocene Gastropods and Biostratigraphy of the Kern River Area, California; United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 642
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- Serge GOFAS, Ángel A. LUQUE, Joan Daniel OLIVER, José TEMPLADO & Alberto SERRA (2021) - The Mollusca of Galicia Bank (NE Atlantic Ocean); European Journal of Taxonomy 785: 1–114
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