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Retusa nitida A. Adams, 1850

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Opistobranchia - opisthobranchs »  family Retusidae »  genus Retusa - Canoe-shells

Scientific synonyms

Bulla nitida A. Adams, 1850
Cylichna nitida (A. Adams, 1850)

Images

Retusa nitida

Author: Okutani, T.

Retusa nitida

Author: Hedley

Taxon in country check-lists*

Asia: Iran, Japan, Oceania: Australia

* List of countries might not be complete

Description

Shell small, ovate, rather thin, narrowly umbilicate above, subperforate below. Colour white. Sculpture: faint longitudinal oblique growth-lines are crossed for the anterior and posterior quarters by half a dozen lightly incised grooves; the vertex also radialely traversed by a few delicate raised threads, leaving the median half of the shell bare of ornament. Aperture ample below, constricted at the waist, narrow above and rising in an arch above the vertex. Columella broad and twisted. Height 3.5 mm, breadth 2.7 mm.
Source: Hedley, 1902: Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part VI. (Secundary description)

Distribution

Indo-Pacific. Found in Borneo and in Torrez Strait.
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Australian Faunal Directory [d2fef87f-2c78-4070-a2f4-4ba8462f1683]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Cylichna nitida (A. Adams, 1850)]
Data retrieved on: 21 July 2015
EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Retusa nitida (Adams, 1850)]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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