Retusa obtusa (Montagu, 1803)
Superdomain | Biota | |
Kingdom | Animalia | |
Phylum | Mollusca | |
Class | Gastropoda | |
Subclass | Heterobranchia | |
Infraclass | Euthyneura | |
Subterclass | Tectipleura | |
Order | Cephalaspidea | |
Superfamily | Bulloidea | |
Family | Retusidae | |
Genus | Retusa | |
Species | Retusa obtusa (Montagu, 1803) | |
| Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017) Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 141134). | ||
- Bulla obtusa Montagu, 1803 (original)
- Bulla pertenuis Mighels, 1843
- Bulla plicata Brown, 1827
- Bulla turrita Møller, 1842
- Retusa obtusa var. lajonkaireana (Basterot, 1825), sensu Jeffreys, 1867
- Retusa obtusa var. turrita (Møller, 1842)
- Retusa obtusata
- Retusa pertenuis (Mighels, 1843)
- Retusa turrita Møller, 1842
- Utriculus obtusus (Montagu, 1803)
- Utriculus obtusus var. semistriata Jeffreys, 1869
Description
Biology
Etymology
- Retusa. From Latin “retusus”, blunt.
- Obtusa. From latin “obtusus”, blunt, dull, obtuse.
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
- ArtsDataBanken - Universitetsmuseet i Bergen, Universitetet i Bergen
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- Estran 22 - Faune et flore de la zone de balancement des marées en Côtes d'Armor
- Flickr pictures
- Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
- NCBI GenBank
- OBIS - Search by Taxon
- World Register of Marine Species
Cite this article as:
Ballesteros, M., Madrenas, E. & Pontes, M. (2023) "Retusa obtusa" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 07/06/2015. Accessed: 16/04/2024. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/?p=19832)
