Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Parent taxon: Retusidae according to G. Wienrich and R. Janssen 2007
See also Kendrick 1990, Martin 1904 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Rhizorus, Sulcoretusa, Volvulella
Subtaxa: Retusa (Coleophysis) Retusa (Cylichnina) Retusa bizona Retusa claibornensis Retusa galba Retusa jacksonensis Retusa jacksonesis Retusa obtusa Retusa recta Retusa truncatula Retusa yaquensis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (4 collections), Canada (2: New Brunswick, Nunavut), Greenland (4), Italy (1), Jamaica (1), Japan (2), Mayotte (3), the Netherlands (3), Poland (4), Portugal (2), South Africa (2), the United Kingdom (7), United States (5: California, Virginia)
• Pliocene of Belgium (2), Italy (1), Japan (1), United States (1: California), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (2)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Australia (3), Austria (2), Belgium (6), Brazil (2), Denmark (1), the Dominican Republic (2), Germany (34), Hungary (1), Iran (3), Italy (4), Kazakhstan (1), the Netherlands (2), Panama (8), United States (13: California, Maryland, Oregon)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of Belgium (3), France (12)
• Eocene of Jamaica (1), Mexico (2), Pakistan (2), Panama (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (260: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Washington)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1), Denmark (5), Greenland (2), United States (49: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Maryland, Texas)
• Cretaceous of Spain (1), United States (4: California)
• Jurassic of Germany (1), Israel (3), Poland (1)
Total: 484 collections including 536 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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