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Retusa T. Brown, 1827

Retusa obtusa
 Retusa obtusa

138432  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138432)

accepted
Genus
Bulla obtusa Montagu, 1803 accepted as Retusa obtusa (Montagu, 1803) (type by subsequent designation)
Coleophysis P. Fischer, 1883 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cryptaxis Jeffreys, 1883 · unaccepted (Junior homonym of Cryptaxis Lowe,...)  
Junior homonym of Cryptaxis Lowe, 1855; see Clistaxis.
Cylichnina Monterosato, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)
Utriculus T. Brown, 1844 · unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of...)  
Invalid: junior homonym of Utriculus Schumacher, 1817
Species Retusa canariensis (F. Nordsieck & García-Talavera, 1979)
Species Retusa crebrisculpta (Monterosato, 1884)
Species Retusa crossei (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1886)
Species Retusa desgenettii (Audouin, 1826)
Species Retusa laevisculpta (Granata Grillo, 1877)
Species Retusa leptoeneilema (Brusina, 1866)
Species Retusa mammillata (R. A. Philippi, 1836)
Species Retusa mariei (Dautzenberg, 1889)
Species Retusa minutissima (Monterosato, 1878)
Species Retusa nitidula (Lovén, 1846)
Species Retusa obtusa (Montagu, 1803)
Species Retusa parvula (Jeffreys, 1883)
Species Retusa tenerifensis (F. Nordsieck & García-Talavera, 1979)
Species Retusa tornata (R. B. Watson, 1883)
Species Retusa truncatula (Bruguière, 1792)
Species Retusa umbilicata (Montagu, 1803)

Subgenus Retusa (Coleophysis) P. Fischer, 1883 accepted as Retusa T. Brown, 1827
Subgenus Retusa (Cylichnina) Monterosato, 1884 accepted as Cylichnina Monterosato, 1884 accepted as Retusa T. Brown, 1827
Subgenus Retusa (Retusa) T. Brown, 1827 accepted as Retusa T. Brown, 1827
Species Retusa carinensis (De Gregorio, 1889) accepted as Retusa truncatula (Bruguière, 1792) (synonym)
Species Retusa dilatata Pallary, 1904 accepted as Retusa truncatula (Bruguière, 1792) (dubious synonym)
Species Retusa fourierii (Audouin, 1826) accepted as Pyrunculus fourierii (Audouin, 1826)
Species Retusa girardi (Audouin, 1826) accepted as Ventomnestia girardi (Audouin, 1826) accepted as Mnestia girardi (Audouin, 1826)
Species Retusa mariateresae Parenzan, 1970 accepted as Bulla striata Bruguière, 1792
Species Retusa marshalli Sykes, 1904 accepted as Diaphana marshalli (Sykes, 1904) (original combination)
Species Retusa pellucida (T. Brown, 1827) accepted as Retusa truncatula (Bruguière, 1792)
Species Retusa pertenuis (Mighels, 1843) accepted as Retusa obtusa (Montagu, 1803) (junior synonym)
Species Retusa piriformis F. Nordsieck, 1972 accepted as Retusa truncatula (Bruguière, 1792) (synonym)
Species Retusa striatula (Forbes, 1844) sensu Pallary, 1900 accepted as Pyrunculus hoernesi (Weinkauff, 1866) (misapplication)
Species Retusa strigella (Lovén, 1846) accepted as Retusa umbilicata (Montagu, 1803) (synonym)
Species Retusa subcylindrica (T. Brown, 1827) accepted as Cylichnina umbilicata (Montagu, 1803) accepted as Retusa umbilicata (Montagu, 1803) (synonym)

Species Retusa candidula (Locard, 1891) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, Name is based on a junior primary homonym.)
Species Retusa multiquadrata Oberling, 1970 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Retusa robagliana (P. Fischer, 1869) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish
Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): pl. 38 [details]   
MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Retusa T. Brown, 1827. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2023) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138432 on 2023-06-09
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2023). European Register of Marine Species. Retusa T. Brown, 1827. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138432 on 2023-06-09
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gofas, Serge
2010-10-12 15:33:09Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2017-09-26 03:45:50Z
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Bouchet, Philippe

original description Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): pl. 38 [details]   

original description  (of Utriculus T. Brown, 1844) Brown T. (1844). <i>Illustrations of the Recent Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, with the description and localities of all the species, marine, land, and fresh water</i>. Ed. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co. <em>Drawn and Coloured from Nature. Second Edition, Greatly Enlarged.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10921172
page(s): 101 [details]   

original description  (of Cryptaxis Jeffreys, 1883) Jeffreys, J. G. (1883). On the Mollusca procured during the cruise of H. M. S. Triton, between the Hebrides and Faeroes in 1882. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1883): 389-399, pl. 44., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30828055 [details]   

original description  (of Cylichnina Monterosato, 1884) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). <i>Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee</i>. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711
page(s): 143 [details]   

original description  (of Mamilloretusa F. Nordsieck, 1972) Nordsieck, F. (1972). <i>Die europäischen Meeresschnecken (Opisthobranchia mit Pyramidellidae; Rissoacea). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden, Mittelmeer und Schwarzes Meer</i>. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart. XIII + 327 pp.
page(s): 36 [details]   

additional source Valdés, Á. (2008). Deep-sea "cephalaspidean" heterobranchs (Gastropoda) from the tropical southwest Pacific. In: Héros, V. et al. (eds) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 196: 587-792. (look up in IMIS) [details]   

status source ICZN. (1959). Opinion 568. Protection under the plenary powers of the specific name "<i>obtusa</i>" Montagu, 1803, as published in the combination "<i>Bulla obtusa</i>" (class Gastropoda). <em>Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 20: 404-412., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34655666 [details]   

subsequent type designation Iredale, T. (1915). Some more misused generic names. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 11: 291-306., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15715842
page(s): 300 [details]   
 
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Retusa obtusa
 Retusa obtusa
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Retusa sp.
 Retusa sp.

Retusa obtusa
 Retusa obtusa
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Retusa obtusa
 Retusa obtusa
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