Relationships towards this taxonGenus group namesRetusa | T. Brown, 1827 | accepted genus name |
Utriculus | T. Brown, 1844 | later homonym |
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 |
Species group names
Bulla obtusa | Montagu, 1803 | synonym |
Bulla pertenuis | Mighels, 1843 | synonym |
Bulla turrita | Møller, 1842 | synonym |
Retusa obtusa var. turrita | (Møller, 1842) | synonym |
Retusa pertenuis | (Mighels, 1843) | synonym |
Utriculus obtusus | (Montagu, 1803) | synonym |
Utriculus obtusus var. semistriata | Jeffreys, 1869 | synonym | ChildrenRetusa obtusa var. lajonkaireana (Basterot, 1825)
Vernaculars (+)
(-) Dutch: oubliehoren; oubliehorentje sources: Adema, J.P.H.M.; de Bruyne, R.H.; Perk, F.A. (1989). Preliminary name list of marine molluscs and shells, regularly washed ashore along the coasts of the Netherlands and Belgium [Voorlopige naamlijst van de mariene mollusken en de regelmatig langs de kust van Nederland en België aangespoelde schelpensoorten]. De Strandvlo 9(2): 49-59;Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. English: Arctic barrel-bubble sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS) French: bulle arctique Literatureoriginal description | Montagu, G. (1803) Testacea Britannica or Natural History of British Shells, Marine, Land, and Fresh-water, Including the Most Minute: Systematically Arranged and Embellished with Figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp. and Vol. 2, 293–606 pp. | 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 | Abbott R. T. (1974) American seashells. The marine mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974] | additional source | Berry A.J. (1994). Foraminiferan prey in the annual life cycle of the predatory opisthobranch gastropod Retusa obtusa (Montagu). Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 38(6): 603-612 |
Genbank
TaxonomyCLEMAM WoRMS
External LinksBiodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection GBIF
CitationGofas, S. (2014). Retusa obtusa (Montagu, 1803). 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:141134Image
Occurrence
Present Absent Doubtful Native Introduced Naturalised Invasive Managed No data |
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Environment marine
Importance IUCN: Red List status DD 2003
OSPAR: annex II, III, IV, V 
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