Retusa minutissima

Retusa minutissima  (Monterosato, 1878)

Retusa minutissima @ Croatia by Pero Ugarković

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 minutissima  (Monterosato, 1878)

 
 Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017)
Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 141133).
Synonyms

  • Utriculus minutissimus Monterosato, 1878

Description

Biology

Etymology

  • Retusa. From Latin “retusus”, blunt.
  • Minutissima. From Latin “minute”, in miniature scale, in small pieces.

Distribution

Known georeferenced records of the species: Retusa minutissima
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

This chart displays the monthly observation probability for Retusa minutissima based on our own records.

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Bibliography

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    Ballesteros M, Madrenas E, Pontes M. 2016. Actualización del catálogo de los moluscos opistobranquios (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) de las costas catalanas. Spira. 6:1–28.
    Ballesteros M, Madrenas E, Pontes M. 2023. OPK - Opistobranquis. Available from https://opistobranquis.info/.
    Capdevila M, Folch J. 2009. Fauna malacològica del Parc Subaquàtic de Tarragona (el Tarragonès, Catalunya, Espanya). SPIRA Vol. 3 Núms. 1-2 Pàg. 33-51.
    Crocetta F, Tringali LP. 2015. Mapping alien Mollusca distribution in the Mediterranean Sea: the Lessepsian immigrant Retusa desgenettii (Audouin, 1826) reaches Turkey. Quaternary International. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.03.009.
    Monterosato TA. 1878. Note sur quelques coquilles draguées dans les eaux de Palerme. (Trad. H. Crosse). Journal de Conchyliologie 26: 143-160.
    Oliver JD. 2007. Catálogo de los Gasterópodos testáceos marinos de la parte Sur del Golfo de Valencia (España). Iberus 24 (1).
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    Pallary P. 1920. Exploration scientifique du Maroc. Mission zoologique, malacologie (1912). Expl Sc. Maroc Rabat, Paris, 2: 1-107, maps.
    Peñas A, Rolan E, Ballesteros M. 2008. Segunda adición a la fauna malacológica del litoral del Garraf. Iberus 26 (2).
    Prkić J, Petani A, Iglić Ð, et al. 2018. Stražnjoškržnjaci Jadranskoga Mora: Slikovni Atlas i Popis Hrvatskih Vrsta / Opisthobranchs of the Adriatic Sea: Photographic Atlas and List of Croatian Species. Bibinje: Ronilaćki Klub Sveti Roko. 464 p. Available from https://opistobranquis.info/en/recursos/llibres-recomanats/opisthobranchs-of-the-adriatic-sea/.
    Tarruella A. 2002. Moluscos marinos de Cap Ras y Llançà (Girona, NE de la península Ibérica). Spira, 1(2): 1-14.
    Templado J, Villanueva R. 2010. Checklist of Phylum Mollusca. pp. 148-198 In Coll, M., et al., 2010. The biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea: estimates, patterns, and threats. PLoS ONE 5(8):36pp.
    WoRMS Editorial Board. 2023. World Register of Marine Species. WoRMS. Available from 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 minutissima" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 29/11/2015. Accessed: 19/03/2024. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/?p=20771)

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