Biology:Retifusus roseus

Short description: Species of gastropod

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
Chrysodomus roseus Dall, 1877 Colus parvus (Tiba, 1980) Colus roseus (Dall, 1877) Limatofusus roseus (Dall, 1877) Plicifusus parvus Tiba, 1980 Plicifusus saginatus Tiba, 1983

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

References

• 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

Wikidata ☰ Q3176671 entry