WoRMS taxon details
Retusa obtusa (Montagu, 1803)
141134 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141134)
accepted
Species
Bulla obtusa Montagu, 1803 · unaccepted
Bulla plicata T. Brown, 1827 · unaccepted (junior homonym of Bulla plicata...)
junior homonym of Bulla plicata Deshayes, 1824
Bulla turrita Møller, 1842 · unaccepted (synonym)
Retusa obtusa var. lajonkaireana (Basterot, 1825), sensu Jeffreys, 1867 · unaccepted (misidentification )
Retusa obtusa var. turrita (Møller, 1842) · unaccepted
Retusa obtusata [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling of obtusa (Montagu....)
misspelling of obtusa (Montagu. 1803)
Retusa turrita (Møller, 1842) · unaccepted
Utriculus obtusus (Montagu, 1803) · unaccepted
Utriculus obtusus var. semistriata Jeffreys, 1869 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Variety Retusa obtusa var. lajonkaireana (Basterot, 1825), sensu Jeffreys, 1867 accepted as Retusa obtusa (Montagu, 1803) (misidentification )
- Variety Retusa obtusa var. turrita (Møller, 1842) accepted as Retusa obtusa (Montagu, 1803)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Bulla obtusa Montagu, 1803) 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;; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): 223 [details]
page(s): 223 [details]
Distribution Arctic seas to off North Carolina; Alaska
Distribution Arctic seas to off North Carolina; Alaska [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Retusa obtusa (Montagu, 1803). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141134 on 2024-11-23
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original description
(of Bulla obtusa Montagu, 1803) 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;; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): 223 [details]
original description (of Bulla turrita Møller, 1842) Möller, H. P. C. (1842). Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4: 76-97 [Copenhagen]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322910 [details]
original description (of Utriculus obtusus var. semistriata Jeffreys, 1869) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 223 [details]
basis of record 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., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
basis of record Valdés A. (2019). Northeast Pacific benthic shelled sea slugs. <em>Zoosymposia.</em> 13: 242-304., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zoosymposia.13.1.21
page(s): 279, figs 19A-C [details]
additional source Chaban, E.; Ekimova, I.; Stanovova, M.; Schepetov, D. (2023). Integrative Analysis of Retusa pertenuis (Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea) from Arctic and Russian Far East Seas with Discussion of Its Morphology, Validity and Population Structure. <em>Diversity.</em> 15(9): 974., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/d15090974 [details] Available for editors
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additional source 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]. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Berry, A. J. (1994). Foraminiferan prey in the annual life cycle of the predatory opisthobranch gastropod <i>Retusa obtusa</i> (Montagu). <em>Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science.</em> 38(6): 603-612. [details]
additional source 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.
page(s): 122, pl. 7 fig. 9 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 223 [details]
original description (of Bulla turrita Møller, 1842) Möller, H. P. C. (1842). Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4: 76-97 [Copenhagen]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322910 [details]
original description (of Utriculus obtusus var. semistriata Jeffreys, 1869) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 223 [details]
basis of record 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., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
basis of record Valdés A. (2019). Northeast Pacific benthic shelled sea slugs. <em>Zoosymposia.</em> 13: 242-304., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zoosymposia.13.1.21
page(s): 279, figs 19A-C [details]
additional source Chaban, E.; Ekimova, I.; Stanovova, M.; Schepetov, D. (2023). Integrative Analysis of Retusa pertenuis (Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea) from Arctic and Russian Far East Seas with Discussion of Its Morphology, Validity and Population Structure. <em>Diversity.</em> 15(9): 974., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/d15090974 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source 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]. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Berry, A. J. (1994). Foraminiferan prey in the annual life cycle of the predatory opisthobranch gastropod <i>Retusa obtusa</i> (Montagu). <em>Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science.</em> 38(6): 603-612. [details]
additional source 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.
page(s): 122, pl. 7 fig. 9 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Dimensions maximum size of 3 mm in length [details]Distribution Arctic seas to off North Carolina; Alaska [details]
Habitat bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | oubliehorentjeoubliehoren | [details] |
| English | pearl bubbleArctic barrel-bubble | [details] |
| French | bulle arctique | [details] |
| German | Kopfschildschnecke | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Retusa turrita (Møller, 1842))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Retusa obtusa)
To GB Mollusca Types (Bulla obtusa Montagu, 1803; Syntype(s); EXEMS Moll4073-87) (from synonym Bulla obtusa Montagu, 1803)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Retusa obtusa (Montagu, 183) Netherlands, Zeeland, Westerschelde, De Kaloot, collec...
To Malacopics (Retusa obtusa (Montagu, 183) United Kingdom, Orkney Islands, Mainland, St. Peters P...
To Malacopics (Retusa obtusa (Montagu, 183))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Bulla obtusa Montagu, 1803)
To PESI (from synonym Retusa obtusa var. lajonkaireana (Basterot, 1825), sensu Jeffreys, 1867)
To PESI (from synonym Retusa obtusa var. turrita (Møller, 1842))
To PESI (from synonym Bulla turrita Møller, 1842)
To PESI (from synonym Utriculus obtusus (Montagu, 1803))
To PESI (from synonym Utriculus obtusus var. semistriata Jeffreys, 1869)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 034023)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Retusa turrita (Møller, 1842))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Retusa obtusa)
To GB Mollusca Types (Bulla obtusa Montagu, 1803; Syntype(s); EXEMS Moll4073-87) (from synonym Bulla obtusa Montagu, 1803)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Retusa obtusa (Montagu, 183) Netherlands, Zeeland, Westerschelde, De Kaloot, collec...
To Malacopics (Retusa obtusa (Montagu, 183) United Kingdom, Orkney Islands, Mainland, St. Peters P...
To Malacopics (Retusa obtusa (Montagu, 183))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Bulla obtusa Montagu, 1803)
To PESI (from synonym Retusa obtusa var. lajonkaireana (Basterot, 1825), sensu Jeffreys, 1867)
To PESI (from synonym Retusa obtusa var. turrita (Møller, 1842))
To PESI (from synonym Bulla turrita Møller, 1842)
To PESI (from synonym Utriculus obtusus (Montagu, 1803))
To PESI (from synonym Utriculus obtusus var. semistriata Jeffreys, 1869)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 034023)
To ITIS
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 turrita.jpg "To Malacopics (Retusa obtusa (Montagu, 183) United Kingdom, Orkney Islands, Mainland, St. Peters P...")
