Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Order Cephalaspidea > Superfamily Bulloidea > Family Retusidae > Genus Retusa

Retusa truncatula (Bruguière, 1792)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Retusa*	T. Brown, 1827	accepted genus name
*Cryptaxis*	Jeffreys, 1883	junior homonym
*Utriculus*	T. Brown, 1844	junior homonym
*Bulla (Retusa)*	T. Brown, 1827	synonym
*Coleophysis*	P. Fischer, 1883	synonym
*Cylichnina*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Mamilloretusa*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Retusa (Coleophysis)*	P. Fischer, 1883	synonym
*Retusa (Cylichnina)*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Retusa (Retusa)*	T. Brown, 1827	synonym

Species group names

*Bulla (Retusa) semisulcata*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Bulla (Retusa) semisulcata carinensis*	De Gregorio, 1889	synonym
*Bulla retusa*	Maton & Rackett, 1807	synonym
*Bulla semisulcata*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Bulla truncata*	J. Adams, 1800	synonym
*Bulla truncatula*	Bruguière, 1792	synonym
*Coleophysis effusa*	Monterosato, 1890	synonym
*Cylichna truncatella*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Retusa (Coleophysis) piriformis*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Retusa carinensis*	(De Gregorio, 1889)	synonym
*Retusa dilatata*	Pallary, 1904	synonym
*Retusa dilatata var. minor*	Pallary, 1904	synonym
*Retusa pellucida*	(T. Brown, 1827)	synonym
*Retusa piriformis*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Retusa semisulcata*	(R. A. Philippi, 1836)	synonym
*Utriculus truncatulus*	(Bruguière, 1792)	synonym
*Utriculus truncatulus var. pellucida*	(T. Brown, 1827)	synonym
*Volvaria pellucida*	T. Brown, 1827	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: geknotte oubliehoren sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: truncate barrel-bubble sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Abgestutzte Kopfschildschnecke

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). Southern African Sea Slugs. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.
additional source	Gosliner, T. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa: A Guide to Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California.
additional source	Ceulemans, L.; Van Dingenen, F.; Landau B. M. (2018). The lower Pliocene gastropods of Le Pigeon Blanc (Loire-Atlantique, northwest France). Part 5 – Neogastropoda (Conoidea) and Heterobranchia (fine). Cainozoic Research. 18(2): 89-176.
additional source	de Kluijver, M. J.; Ingalsuo, S. S.; de Bruyne, R. H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Retusa truncatula (Bruguière, 1792). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141138