''Retifusus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s, marine
gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Retimohniidae
The Retimohniidae are taxonomic family in the superfamily Buccinoidea of large sea snails, often known as whelk
Whelks are any of several carnivorous sea snail species with a swirling, tapered shell. Many are eaten by humans, such as the ...
, the true whelks and the like.
[Bouchet, P. (2014). Retifusus Dall, 1916. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=576159 on 2014-12-04]
Species
Species within the genus ''Retifusus'' include:
* ''
Retifusus attenuatus''
(Golikov & Gulbin, 1977)
* ''
Retifusus buccinoides''
(Dall, 1913)
* ''
Retifusus daphnelloides''
(Okutani, 1964)
* ''
Retifusus iturupus''
(Golikov & Sirenko, 1998)
* ''
Retifusus jessoensis''
(Schrenck, 1863)
* ''
Retifusus latericeus''
(Möller, 1842)
* ''
Retifusus laticingulatus''
Golikov & Gulbin, 1977
* ''
Retifusus latiplicatus''
Kosyan & Kantor, 2014
* ''
Retifusus olivaceus''
(Bartsch, 1929)
* ''
Retifusus parvus''
(Tiba, 1980)
* ''
Retifusus roseus''
(Dall, 1877)
* ''
Retifusus similis''
(Golikov & Gulbin, 1977)
* ''
Retifusus toyamanus''
(Tiba, 1981)
* ''
Retifusus virens''
(Dall, 1877)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Retifusus brunneus''
(Dall, 1877): synonym of ''Retifusus jessoensis''
(Schrenck, 1863)
* ''Retifusus incisus''
(Dall, 1919): synonym of ''
Plicifusus olivaceus''
(Aurivillius, 1885)
* ''Retifusus olivaceus''
(Aurivillius, 1885): synonym of ''
Plicifusus olivaceus''
(Aurivillius, 1885)
* ''Retifusus semiplicatus''
Golikov, 1985: synonym of ''Retifusus parvus''
(Tiba, 1980)
* ''Retifusus yanamii''
(Yokoyama, 1926): synonym of ''Retifusus virens''
(Dall, 1877)
References
* Dall W.H. (1916). ''Prodrome of a revision of the chrysodomoid whelks of the boreal and arctic regions.'' Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 29: 7-8.
External links
Kosyan A.R. & Kantor Y.I. (2014). ''Revision of the genus Retifusus Dall, 1916 (Gastropoda: Buccinidae)''. Ruthenica. 24(2): 129-172
Retimohniidae
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