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Retusa desgenettii

Retusa desgenettii (Audouin, 1826)

Retusa desgenettii @ Dahab, Egypt by Joop Trausel and Frans Slieker (Natural History Museum Rotterdam)

Synonyms

  • Bulla desgenettii Audouin, 1826
  • Retusa desgenettesi (Audouin, 1827)

Description

Biology

Etymology

  • Desgenettii. Possibly dedicated to René-Nicolas Dufriche, baron Desgenettes (1762-1837) a French military doctor. In 1798, he was made chief physician of the French “Armée d’Orient” as well as part of the natural history and physics section of the Institut d’Égypte.

Distribution

Known georeferenced records of the species: Retusa desgenettii
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

    Audouin, V. 1826. Explication sommaire des planches de Mollusques de l’Egypte et de la Syrie publiées par J.C. Savigny. in: Description de l’Egypte ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Egypte pendant l’expédition de l’armée française, publié par les ordres de sa majesté l’empereur Napoléon le grand. Histoire Naturelle, Animaux invertébrés 1(4): 7-56. Paris: Imprimerie impériale.
    Ballesteros, M., E. Madrenas, and M. Pontes. 2023. OPK - Opistobranquis. (https://opistobranquis.info/).
    Bogi, C., and B. S. Galil. 2002. Finding of Retusa desgenettii (Audouin, 1826) (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) along the Israeli coast. La Conchiglia, 34 (305): 11-13.
    Crocetta, F., and L. P. Tringali. 2015. Mapping alien Mollusca distribution in the Mediterranean Sea: the Lessepsian immigrant Retusa desgenettii (Audouin, 1826) reaches Turkey. Quaternary International.
    Crocetta, F., G. Bitar, H. Zibrowius, and M. Oliverio. 2020. Increase in knowledge of the marine gastropod fauna of Lebanon since the 19th century. Bulletin of Marine Science. 96: 1–22.
    Long, S. J. 2006. Bibliography of Opisthobranchia 1554-2000. Bayside Books & Press, Tustin, CA, U.S.A. 672p.
    McDonald, G. 2009. Bibliographia Nudibranchia. 2nd Online Edition, Annotated. 1072 pp  Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz. (http://escholarship.org/uc/item/8115h0wz).
    Mienis, H. K. 2004. New data concerning the presence of Lessepsian and other Indo-Pacific migrants among the molluscs in the Mediterranean Sea with emphasize on the situation in Israel. pp. 117-131. In: B.Ozturk & A.Salman (eds.). 1st National Malacology.
    Mienis, H. K. 2004. An old find Retusa desgenettii (Audouin, 1826) from the Bardawil Lagoon, Egypt. Triton, 10:12.
    Mienis, H. K. 2006. Monitoring the invasion of the Eastern Mediterranean by Lessepsian migrants and other Indo-Pacific molluscs. Haasiana, 3: 67-68.
    WoRMS Editorial Board. 2023. World Register of Marine Species. WoRMS. (http://www.marinespecies.org).

    Bibliography based on the works by Steve Long, 2006. Bibliography of Opisthobranchia 1554-2000 and Gary McDonald, 2009. Bibliographia Nudibranchia, with later updates from other resources.

Further reading

Cite this article as:

Ballesteros, M., Madrenas, E. & Pontes, M. (2023) "Retusa desgenettii" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 02/05/2015. Accessed: 01/06/2023. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/jmIAh)

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