Biology:Retifusus latericeus

Short description: Species of gastropod

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
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

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

Distribution

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

External links

• Kosyan A.R. & Kantor Y.I. (2014). Revision of the genus Retifusus Dall, 1916 (Gastropoda: Buccinidae). Ruthenica. 24(2): 129–172
• "Colus latericeus" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/7/Shell_4277.shtml. 

Wikidata ☰ Q20650163 entry