Retusa mammillata

Retusa mammillata (Philippi, 1836)

Retusa mammillata @ Cariño (Ría de Ferrol) 10.02.2004 by Victoriano Urgorri

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 mammillata (Philippi, 1836)

	Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017) Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 141131).

Synonyms

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

Known georeferenced records of the species: Retusa mammillata
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:

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Bibliography

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, Manuel, Enric Madrenas, Miquel Pontes (2012-2018) "Retusa mammillata" in OPK-Opistobranquis, Published: 16/10/2015, Accessed: 20/10/2018 at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/Z22uv)

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Retusa mammillata