:Retusidae

{{Automatic taxobox

|taxon = Retusidae

|image = Retusa.png

|image_caption = Live Retusa sp.

|image2 = Retusa obtusa-Nl2.jpg

|image2_caption = A shell of Retusa obtusa

|authority = Thiele, 1925

|type_species = Bulla obtusa

|type_species_authority = Montagu, 1803

|synonyms_ref=

|synonyms=

|display_parents= 3

}}

Retusidae is a family of very small sea snails, barrel-bubble snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks. These are headshield slugs, in the superfamily Bulloidea.Bouchet, P. (2012). Retusidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156 on 2012-08-19

Genera

Genera within the family Retusidae include:

Pyrunculus Pilsbry, 1895
Relichna Rudman, 1971
Retusa T. Brown, 1827
Sulcoretusa J.Q. Burch, 1945

;Genera brought into synonymy:

Coleophysis: synonym of Retusa T. Brown, 1827
Cylichnina Monterosato, 1884: synonym of Retusa T. Brown, 1827
Mamilloretusa F. Nordsieck, 1972 accepted as Retusa T. Brown, 1827
Sao H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 accepted as Pyrunculus Pilsbry, 1895
Sulcularia Dall, 1921 accepted as Sulcoretusa J.Q. Burch, 1945
Utriculus T. Brown, 1844 accepted as Retusa T. Brown, 1827

References

Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 {{ISBN|0-00-216906-1}}

File:Retusa leptoeneilema 01.jpg]]

External links

[https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0642/report.pdf Miocene Gastropods and Biostratigraphy of the Kern River Area, California; United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 642] {{PD-notice}}
[https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1605/5667 Serge GOFAS, Ángel A. LUQUE, Joan Daniel OLIVER, José TEMPLADO & Alberto SERRA (2021) - The Mollusca of Galicia Bank (NE Atlantic Ocean); European Journal of Taxonomy 785: 1–114]