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

Retusa T. Brown, 1827

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cryptaxis*	Jeffreys, 1883	junior homonym
*Utriculus*	T. Brown, 1844	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*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

Children

Retusa canariensis (F. Nordsieck & García-Talavera, 1979)
Retusa candidula (Locard, 1891)
Retusa crebrisculpta (Monterosato, 1884)
Retusa crossei (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1886)
Retusa desgenettii (Audouin, 1826)
Retusa excavata Sykes, 1904
Retusa laevisculpta (Granata Grillo, 1877)
Retusa leptoeneilema (Brusina, 1866)
Retusa mammillata (R. A. Philippi, 1836)
Retusa mariei (Dautzenberg, 1889)
Retusa minutissima (Monterosato, 1878)
Retusa nitidula (Lovén, 1846)
Retusa obesa (Locard, 1897)
Retusa obtusa (Montagu, 1803)
Retusa ovoides (Milaschewitsch, 1916)
Retusa parvula (Jeffreys, 1883)
Retusa robagliana (P. Fischer, 1869)
Retusa tenerifensis (F. Nordsieck & García-Talavera, 1979)
Retusa tornata (R. B. Watson, 1883)
Retusa truncatula (Bruguière, 1792)
Retusa umbilicata (Montagu, 1803)
Retusa variabilis (Milaschewitsch, 1912)

Literature

original description	Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London. 144 pp., 52 pls.
additional source	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.
status source	ICZN. (1959). Opinion 568. Protection under the plenary powers of the specific name "obtusa" Montagu, 1803, as published in the combination "Bulla obtusa" (class Gastropoda). Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 20: 404-412.
subsequent type designation	Iredale, T. (1915). Some more misused generic names. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 11: 291-306.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Retusa T. Brown, 1827. 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:138432