Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Opisthobranchia > Order Cephalaspidea > Superfamily Philinoidea > Family Retusidae

Retusa T. Brown, 1827

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Utriculus*	T. Brown, 1844	later homonym; nom. inval.
*Coleophysis*	P. Fischer, 1883	synonym
*Cylichnina*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Retusa (Coleophysis)*	P. Pischer, 1883	synonym
*Retusa (Cylichnina)*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Retusa (Retusa)*	Brown, 1827	synonym
*Utriculus*	T. Brown, 1844	synonym; nom. inval.

Children

Retusa canariensis (Nordsieck & Talavera, 1979)
Retusa candidula (Locard, 1892)
Retusa crebrisculpta (Monterosato, 1884)
Retusa crossei (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1886)
Retusa desgenettii (Audouin, 1826)
Retusa girardi (Audouin, 1826)
Retusa laevisculpta (Granata-Grillo, 1877)
Retusa leptoeneilema (Brusina, 1866)
Retusa mammillata (Philippi, 1836)
Retusa mariei (Dautzenberg, 1889)
Retusa minutissima (Monterosato, 1878)
Retusa nitidula (Lovén, 1846)
Retusa obtusa (Montagu, 1803)
Retusa pellucida (Sars G. O., 1878)
Retusa robagliana (P. Fischer, 1869)
Retusa tenerifensis (Nordsieck & Talavera, 1979)
Retusa tornata (Watson, 1886)
Retusa truncatula (Bruguière, 1792)
Retusa umbilicata (Montagu, 1803)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

French: bulles

Literature

basis of record	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
additional source	Spencer, H.G.; Marshall, B.A.; Maxwell, P.A.; Grant-Mackie, J.A.; Stilwell, J.D.; Willan, R.C.; Campbell, H.J.; Crampton, J.S.; Henderson, R.A.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 161-254.
additional source	Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.

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Citation

Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Retusa. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138432