Retusa mammillata (Philippi, 1836)
Superdomain | Biota | |
Kingdom | Animalia | |
Phylum | Mollusca | |
Class | Gastropoda | |
Subclass | Heterobranchia | |
Infraclass | Euthyneura | |
Subterclass | Tectipleura | |
Order | Cephalaspidea | |
Superfamily | Bulloidea | |
Family | Retusidae | |
Genus | Retusa | |
Species | Retusa mammillata (Philippi, 1836) | |
| Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017) Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 141131). | ||
- Bulla mammillata Philippi, 1836 (original combination)
- Bulla striatula Forbes, 1844
- Retusa truncatula var. mammilata
Description
Biology
Etymology
- Retusa. From Latin “retusus”, blunt.
- Mammillata. From Latin “mamillatus”, as if it had breast-like structures.
Distribution
| 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: | |
More pictures
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Bibliography
Further reading
Cite this article as:
Ballesteros, Manuel, Enric Madrenas, Miquel Pontes (2021) "Retusa mammillata" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 16/10/2015. Accessed: 14/06/2021. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/Z22uv)
