Retusa is a genus of very small head-shield sea snails or barrel-bubble snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Retusidae.[2]

Retusa
Live Retusa sp.
Retusa leptoeneilema
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Cephalaspidea
Superfamily: Bulloidea
Family: Retusidae
Genus: Retusa
T. Brown, 1827[1]
Type species
Bulla obtusa
Montagu, 1803
Synonyms[2]
  • Clistaxis Cossmann, 1895
  • Coleophysis P. Fischer, 1883
  • Cryptaxis Jeffreys, 1883
  • Cylichnina Monterosato, 1884
  • Mamilloretusa F. Nordsieck, 1972
  • Retua [sic] (misspelling)
  • Retusa (Coleophysis) P. Pischer, 1883
  • Retusa (Cylichnina) Monterosato, 1884
  • Retusa (Retusa) Brown, 1827
  • Retusa (Sulcularia) Dall, 1921 (invalid: junior homonym of Sulcularia Rafinesque, 1831; Sulcoretusa is a replacement name)
  • Sulcoretusa J. Q. Burch, 1945
  • Tornatina (Coleophysis) P. Fischer, 1883
  • Tornatina (Utriculus) T. Brown, 1844
  • Tornatina (Coleophysis) P. Fischer, 1883
  • Utriculus T. Brown, 1844 (Invalid: junior homonym of Utriculus Schumacher, 1817)
  • Utriculus (Tornatina) A. Adams, 1850

Species

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Species within the genus Retusa include:

Taxa inquirenda
  • Retusa bysma Melvill, 1904
  • Retusa candidula (Locard, 1892) (taxon inquirendum, name is based on a junior primary homonym.)
  • Retusa ennurensis Preston, 1916
  • Retusa multiquadrata Oberling, 1970 (taxon inquirendum; needs investigation)
  • Retusa obesa (Locard, 1897)
  • Retusa pusillina (Locard, 1897)
  • Retusa robagliana (P. Fischer, 1869) (taxon inquirendum)
  • Retusa semen (Reeve, 1855) (taxon inquirendum)
Species brought into synonymy
  • Retusa alayoi (Espinosa & Ortea, 2004): synonym of Colinatys alayoi (Espinosa & Ortea, 2004)
  • Retusa anderssoni Strebel, 1908: synonym of Diaphana anderssoni (Strebel, 1908)
  • Retusa antarctica Melvill & Standen, 1912: synonym of Diaphana paessleri (Strebel, 1905)
  • Retusa apiculata (Tate, 1879): synonym of Tornatina apiculata (Tate, 1879): synonym of Acteocina apiculata (Tate, 1879)
  • Retusa bizona (A. Adams, 1850): synonym of Mnestia girardi (Audouin, 1826)
  • Retusa caelata (Bush, 1885): synonym of Pyrunculus caelatus (Bush, 1885)
  • Retusa carinensis de Gregorio, 1889: synonym of Retusa truncatula (Bruguière, 1792)
  • Retusa cumberlandiana Strebel, 1908: synonym of Cylichna cumberlandiana (Strebel, 1908)
  • Retusa desgenettesi (Audouin, 1827): synonym of Retusa desgenettii (Audouin, 1826)
  • Retusa dilatata Pallary, 1904: synonym of Retusa truncatula (Bruguière, 1792)
  • Retusa domita (Dall, 1889): synonym of Cylichnium domitum (Dall, 1908)
  • Retusa eumicra (Crosse in Crosse & Fischer, 1865): synonym of Tornatina eumicra (Crosse, 1865): synonym of Acteocina eumicra (Crosse, 1865)
  • Retusa fourierii (Audouin, 1826): synonym of Pyrunculus fourierii (Audouin, 1826)
  • Retusa frigida Hedley, 1916: synonym of Diaphana paessleri (Strebel, 1905)
  • Retusa gaimardi Finlay, 1927: synonym of Acteocina decorata (Pilsbry, 1904)
  • Retusa girardi (Audouin, 1826): synonym of Ventomnestia girardi (Audouin, 1826)
  • Retusa gordonis Yokoyama, 1927: synonym of Acteocina gordonis (Yokoyama, 1927)
  • Retusa inflata Strebel, 1908: synonym of Diaphana inflata (Strebel, 1908)
  • Retusa insignis (Pilsbry, 1904): synonym of Decorifer insignis (Pilsbry, 1904)
  • Retusa lactea (Jeffreys, 1877): synonym of Diaphana lactea (Jeffreys, 1877)
  • Retusa mariateresae Parenzan, 1970: synonym of Bulla striata Bruguière, 1792
  • Retusa marshalli Sykes, 1904: synonym of Diaphana marshalli (Sykes, 1904)
  • Retusa matusimana Nomura, 1939: synonym of Decorifer matusimanus (Nomura, 1939)
  • Retusa obtusata: synonym of Retusa obtusa (Montagu, 1803)
  • Retusa pellucida (T. Brown, 1827): synonym of Retusa truncatula (Bruguière, 1792)
  • Retusa pertenuis (Mighels, 1843): synonym of Retusa obtusa (Montagu, 1803)
  • Retusa pfefferi Strebel, 1908: synonym of Diaphana pfefferi (Strebel, 1908)
  • Retusa piriformis Nordsieck, 1972: synonym of Retusa truncatula (Bruguière, 1792)
  • Retusa semen Thiele, 1925: synonym of Pyrunculus pyriformis (A. Adams, 1850)
  • Retusa semisulcata (Philippi, 1836): synonym of Retusa truncatula (Bruguière, 1792)
  • Retusa strigella (Lovén, 1846): synonym of Cylichnina umbilicata (Montagu, 1803): synonym of Retusa umbilicata (Montagu, 1803)
  • Retusa subcylindrica (Brown, 1827): synonym of Cylichnina umbilicata (Montagu, 1803): synonym of Retusa umbilicata (Montagu, 1803)
  • Retusa tohokuensis Nomura, 1939: synonym of Acteocina tohokuensis (Nomura, 1939)
  • Retusa truncatoides Nomura, 1939: synonym of Acteocina truncatoides (Nomura, 1939)
  • Retusa turrita Møller, 1842: synonym of Retusa obtusa (Montagu, 1803)

References

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  1. ^ Brown T. (1827). Ill. Conch. G.B. & I., pl. xxxviii, fig. 1.
  2. ^ a b Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Retusa T. Brown, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138432 on 2014-03-30
  • Nordsieck, F. (1972). Die europäischen Meeresschnecken (Opisthobranchia mit Pyramidellidae; Rissoacea). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden, Mittelmeer und Schwarzes Meer. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart. XIII + 327 pp.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • Valdés, Á. (2008). Deep-sea "cephalaspidean" heterobranchs (Gastropoda) from the tropical southwest Pacific. In: Héros, V. et al. (eds) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 196: 587-792.
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