Retifusus roseus

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

Retifusus roseus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Buccinidae
Genus:
Retifusus
Species:
R. roseus
Binomial name
Retifusus roseus
(Dall, 1877)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chrysodomus roseus Dall, 1877
  • Colus parvus (Tiba, 1980)
  • Colus roseus (Dall, 1877)
  • Limatofusus roseus (Dall, 1877)
  • Plicifusus parvus Tiba, 1980
  • Plicifusus saginatus Tiba, 1983

References
  1. Retifusus roseus (Dall, 1877). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 March 2012.
  • Abbott, R.T. (1974). American Seashells. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, NY (USA). 663 pp
  • Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)page(s): 95
  • A.R. & Kantor Y.I. (2012) Revision of the genus Plicifusus Dall, 1902 (Gastropoda: Buccinidae). Ruthenica 22(2): 55–92


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