Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Heterobranchia
Infraclassis: Euthyneura
Cohors: Tectipleura
Subcohors: Euopisthobranchia
Ordo: Cephalaspidea
Superfamilia: Bulloidea
Familia: Retusidae
Genera (5): Osorattis – Pyrunculus – Relichna – Retusa – Spissitydeus
Name
Retusidae Thiele, 1925
References
Links
Retusidae in the World Register of Marine Species
Retusidae is a family of very small sea snails, barrel-bubble snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks. These are headshield slugs, in the superfamily Bulloidea.[1]
Genera
Genera within the family Retusidae include:
Pyrunculus Pilsbry, 1895
Relichna Rudman, 1971
Retusa T. Brown, 1827
Sulcoretusa J.Q. Burch, 1945
Genera brought into synonymy
Coleophysis: synonym of Retusa T. Brown, 1827
Cylichnina Monterosato, 1884: synonym of Retusa T. Brown, 1827
Mamilloretusa F. Nordsieck, 1972 accepted as Retusa T. Brown, 1827
Sao H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 accepted as Pyrunculus Pilsbry, 1895
Sulcularia Dall, 1921 accepted as Sulcoretusa J.Q. Burch, 1945
Utriculus T. Brown, 1844 accepted as Retusa T. Brown, 1827
References
Bouchet, P. (2012). Retusidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156 on 2012-08-19
Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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