CaRMS taxon details
Retusa obtusa (Montagu, 1803)
141134 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141134)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of ) 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. (2021). MolluscaBase. Retusa obtusa (Montagu, 1803). Accessed through: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2021) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141134 on 2025-04-05
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Retusa obtusa (Montagu, 1803). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141134 on 2025-04-05
original description
(of ) 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]
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]
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]
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
additional source Chaban, E.; Ekimova, I.; Stanovova, M.; Schepetov, D. (2023). Integrative analysis of <i>Retusa pertenuis</i> (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
page(s): 223 [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]
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]
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
additional source Chaban, E.; Ekimova, I.; Stanovova, M.; Schepetov, D. (2023). Integrative analysis of <i>Retusa pertenuis</i> (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
Present 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 (43 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Retusa obtusa)
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 Malacopics (Retusa obtusa (Montagu,183) France, Bretagne, Finistère, Ile Molène)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 034023)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Retusa obtusa)
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 Malacopics (Retusa obtusa (Montagu,183) France, Bretagne, Finistère, Ile Molène)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 034023)
To ITIS
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