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Retusa crossei

Retusa crossei (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1886)

Retusa crossei (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1886) 2mm from Malta in 35 m.
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Taxonomy
 

Superdomain

Biota  

 

Kingdom

Animalia  

 

Phylum

Mollusca  

 

Class

Gastropoda  

 

Subclass

Heterobranchia  

 

Infraclass

Euthyneura  

 

Subterclass

Tectipleura  

 

Order

Cephalaspidea  

 

Superfamily

Bulloidea  

 

Family

Retusidae  

 

Genus

Retusa  

 

Species

Retusa crossei  (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1886)

 
 Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017)
Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 746265).
Synonyms

  • Cylichna crossei Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1886 (original)

Description

Biology

Etymology

  • Retusa. From Latin “retusus”, blunt.
  • Crossei. After the French malacologyst Joseph Charles Hippolyte Crosse, (1826-1898).

Distribution

Known georeferenced records of the species: Retusa crossei
Sources:
: OBIS
: GROC 2010-2011
: Enric Madrenas
: João Pedro Silva
: Bernard Picton
: GBIF.ORG		 : OPK
: VIMAR
: Manuel Ballesteros.
: M@re Nostrum
: Altres fonts
: Marine Regions

Abundance

    Western Mediterranean: ☆☆☆☆☆
    Eastern Mediterranean: ☆☆☆☆☆
    Atlantic Ocean: ☆☆☆☆☆
Month

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Bibliography

Further reading

Cite this article as:

Ballesteros, M., Madrenas, E. & Pontes, M. (2023) "Retusa crossei" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 29/11/2015. Accessed: 31/01/2023. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/2T9T7)

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