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 excavata Sykes, 1904

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: unresolved
Name Status: species inquirenda

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

Literature

original description	Sykes, E. R. (1904). On the Mollusca procured during the "Porcupine" Expeditions 1869-1870. Supplemental notes, part I. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 6: 23-40.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Retusa excavata Sykes, 1904. 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:1743233

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