Retifusus latericeus

Retifusus latericeus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

Retifusus latericeus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Buccinidae
Genus:
Retifusus
Species:
R. latericeus
Binomial name
Retifusus latericeus
(Möller, 1842)
Synonyms[1]
  • Colus latericeus (Møller, 1842)
  • Fusus latericeus Møller, 1842 (original combination)
  • Fusus latericeus var. laevis Mörch, 1869
  • Fusus pellucidus Hancock, 1846
  • Fusus pullus Reeve, 1848
  • Neptunea pertenuis Sykes, 1911
  • Sipho geminostriatus Pfeffer, 1886
  • Tritonium incarnatum M. Sars, 1851

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters and in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean.

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References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2014). Retifusus latericeus (Möller, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=827212 on 2014-12-10
  • Kosyan A.R. & Kantor Y.I. (2014). Revision of the genus Retifusus Dall, 1916 (Gastropoda: Buccinidae). Ruthenica. 24(2): 129–172
  • "Colus latericeus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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