Retusidae

Retusa truncatula, from here.

Belongs within: Euopisthobranchia.

The Retusidae, canoe shells, are a family of infaunal cephalaspid gastropods characterised by the lack of a radula. Instead, their diet of forams and minute molluscs is processed by gizzard plates.

<==Retusidae [Retusacea, Retusoidea]
    |--Ventomnestia girardi (Audouin 1827) [=Bulla girardi, Alicula girardi, Cylichna girardi] BD86
    `--Retusa Brown 1827 [Crypsibranchia] BR05
         |  i. s.: R. amphizosta (Watson 1883) [=Utriculus amphizosta] H09
         |         R. aupouria Powell 1937 P61
         |         R. complanata (Watson 1883) [=Utriculus complanatus] H09
         |         R. decapitata Dall 1896 F27
         |         R. mamillata M62
         |         R. murdochi (Suter 1913) P61
         |         R. nitida (Adams 1850) [=Bulla nitida] H09
         |         R. oruaensis (Webster 1908) P61 (see below for synonymy)
         |         R. ovata C60
         |         R. pachys (Watson 1883) P61
         |         R. pertenuis Mighels 1843 O27
         |         R. semen Reeve 1856 O27
         |         R. simillima (Watson 1883) [=Utriculus simillimus] H09
         |         R. succincta GAS03
         |--R. (Retusa) O27
         |    |--*R. (R.) obtusa (Montagu 1803) P61, O27 [=Bulla obtusa P61]
         |    `--R. (R.) truncatula (Bruguiere 1772) O27 (see below for synonymy)
         |--R. (Coleophysis Fischer 1883) O27
         |    `--R. (C.) harpa Dall 1871 O27
         `--R. (Sulcularia Dall 1920) O27
              `--R. (S.) xystrum Dall 1919 O27

Retusa oruaensis (Webster 1908) P61 [incl. R. biplicata Suter 1909 P61, R. charlottae Suter 1909 P61, R. cookiana Suter 1909 P61, Tornatina decapitata Suter 1909 F27, R. decapitata non Dall 1896 F27, R. suteri Finlay 1927 P61, R. tenuilirata Suter 1909 P61]

Retusa (Retusa) truncatula (Bruguiere 1772) O27 [=Bulla truncatula O27, B. truncata (l. c.) BR17, Cylichna truncata (l. c.) BR17]

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[BD86] Barash, A., & Z. Danin. 1986. Further additions to the knowledge of Indo-Pacific Mollusca in the Mediterranean Sea (Lessepsian migrants). Spixiana 9 (2): 117–141.

[BR05] Bouchet, P., & J.-P. Rocroi. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47 (1–2): 1–397.

[BR17] Bouchet, P., J.-P. Rocroi, B. Hausdorf, A. Kaim, Y. Kano, A. Nützel, P. Parkhaev, M. Schrödl & E. E. Strong. 2017. Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia 61 (1–2): 1–526.

[C60] Cox, L. R. 1960. Gastropoda: general characteristics of Gastropoda. In: Moore, R. C. (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology pt I. Mollusca 1: Mollusca—General Features, Scaphopoda, Amphineura, Monoplacophora, Gastropoda—General Features, Archaeogastropoda and some (mainly Paleozoic) Caenogastropoda and Opisthobranchia pp. I84–I169. Geological Society of America, and University of Kansas Press.

[F27] Finlay, H. J. 1927. New specific names for austral Mollusca. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 57: 488–533.

[GAS03] Gulbin, V. V., I. S. Arzamastsev & V. M. Shulkin. 2003. Ecological monitoring of the water area of Port Vostochnyi (Wrangel Bay) in the Sea of Japan (1995–2002). Russian Journal of Marine Biology 29 (5): 284–295.

[H09] Hedley, C. 1909. The Marine Fauna of Queensland: Address by the President of Section D. Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science: Brisbane.

[M62] Monniot, F. 1962. Recherches sur les graviers a Amphioxus de la région de Banyuls-sur-Mer. Vie et Milieu 13: 231–322.

[O27] Oldroyd, I. S. 1927. The Marine Shells of the West Coast of North America vol. 2 pt 1. Stanford University Press: Stanford University (California).

[P61] Powell, A. W. B. 1961. Shells of New Zealand: An illustrated handbook 4^th ed. Whitcombe and Tombs Limited: Christchurch.

Last updated: 2 September 2021.