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Retusa obtusa (Montagu, 1803)

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Mollusca
class
Gastropoda
order
Cephalaspidea
family
Retusidae
genus
Retusa
species
Retusa obtusa

Name

Synonyms
? lajonkaireana Basterot, 1825
Bulla obtusa Montagu, 1803
Bulla pertenuis Mighels, 1843
Bulla plicata T.Brown, 1827
Bulla turrita Møller, 1842
Retusa obtusa lajonkaireana (Basterot, 1825)
Retusa obtusa var. lajonkaireana (Basterot, 1825)
Retusa obtusa var. turrita (Møller, 1842)
Retusa obtusata (Montagu, 1803)
Retusa pertenius Mighels, 1843
Retusa pertenuis (Mighels, 1843)
Retusa turrita Møller, 1842
Utriculus obtusus (Montagu, 1803)
Utriculus obtusus var. semistriata Jeffreys, 1869
Homonyms
Retusa obtusa (Montagu, 1803)
Common names
Arctic barrel-bubble in English
Arctic barrel-bubble in English
But retusasnegl in Danish
Kopfschildschnecke in German
bulle arctique in French
oubliehoren in Dutch
oubliehorentje in Dutch
pearl bubble in English
Oubliehoren in Dutch
oubliehorentje in Dutch
större riskornssnäcka in Swedish
Arctic barrel-bubble in English
Kopfschildschnecke in German
bulle arctique in French
oubliehoren in Dutch
pearl bubble in English
trögsnäcka in Swedish

Bibliographic References

  1. Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974].
  2. Berry A.J. (1994). Foraminiferan prey in the annual life cycle of the predatory opisthobranch gastropod <i>Retusa obtusa</i> (Montagu). <i>Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 38(6)</i>: 603-612
  3. Ceulemans, L.; Van Dingenen, F.; Landau B. M. (2018). The lower Pliocene gastropods of Le Pigeon Blanc (Loire-Atlantique, northwest France). Part 5 – Neogastropoda (Conoidea) and Heterobranchia (<i>fine</i>). <em>Cainozoic Research.</em> 18(2): 89-176.
  4. De Bruyne, R.H. (2004)
  5. Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213.
  6. Karlsson, Anna (2015-03-23 00:00:00) Mollusker
  7. Thompson, T.E. & Brown, Gregory H. (1976)
  8. Turgeon, D. D., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, W. K. Emerson, W. G. Lyons, W. Pratt, et al., 1988: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 16. vii + 277.
  9. Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526.
  10. Valdés A. (2019). Northeast Pacific benthic shelled sea slugs. <em>Zoosymposia.</em> 13: 242-304.
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