Retusidae
Live Retusa sp.
A shell of Retusa obtusa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
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

  1. 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
Numerous shells of Retusa leptoeneilema


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