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Retusa pertenuis (Mighels, 1843)
236793 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236793)
accepted
Species
Bulla pertenuis Mighels, 1843 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Bulla pertenuis Mighels, 1843) Mighels, J. W. (1843). Descriptions of six species of shells, regarded as new. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 4: 345-350, pl. 16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5363092 [details]
Note Casco Bay, Maine, USA
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Type locality Casco Bay, Maine, USA [details]
Distribution "Retusa pertenuis geographic range encompasses the North Atlantic, Eurasia’s northern seas, the Canadian Arctic, the...
Taxonomy Although this is generally held as a junior synonym of Retusa obtusa followinge Lemche, 1948 (Northern and Arctic...
Distribution "Retusa pertenuis geographic range encompasses the North Atlantic, Eurasia’s northern seas, the Canadian Arctic, the Bering Sea, the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan" [details]
Taxonomy Although this is generally held as a junior synonym of Retusa obtusa followinge Lemche, 1948 (Northern and Arctic...
Taxonomy Although this is generally held as a junior synonym of Retusa obtusa followinge Lemche, 1948 (Northern and Arctic tectibranch gastropods. Biol. Skr. 5 (3): 1-136), Chaban et al. (2023) has shown this is a distinct species. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Retusa pertenuis (Mighels, 1843). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236793 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Bulla pertenuis Mighels, 1843) Mighels, J. W. (1843). Descriptions of six species of shells, regarded as new. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 4: 345-350, pl. 16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5363092 [details]
basis of record Kantor, Y.I. & Sysoev, A.V. (eds), 2005. Catalogue of molluscs of Russia and adjacent countries. Moscow [details]
status source Chaban, E.; Ekimova, I.; Stanovova, M.; Schepetov, D. (2023). Integrative analysis of <i>Retusa pertenuis</i> (Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea) from Arctic and Russian Far East seas with discussion of Its morphology, validity and population structure. <em>Diversity.</em> 15(9): 974., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/d15090974 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Kantor, Y.I. & Sysoev, A.V. (eds), 2005. Catalogue of molluscs of Russia and adjacent countries. Moscow [details]
status source Chaban, E.; Ekimova, I.; Stanovova, M.; Schepetov, D. (2023). Integrative analysis of <i>Retusa pertenuis</i> (Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea) from Arctic and Russian Far East seas with discussion of Its morphology, validity and population structure. <em>Diversity.</em> 15(9): 974., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/d15090974 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Distribution "Retusa pertenuis geographic range encompasses the North Atlantic, Eurasia’s northern seas, the Canadian Arctic, the Bering Sea, the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan" [details]Taxonomy Although this is generally held as a junior synonym of Retusa obtusa followinge Lemche, 1948 (Northern and Arctic tectibranch gastropods. Biol. Skr. 5 (3): 1-136), Chaban et al. (2023) has shown this is a distinct species. [details]
Type locality Casco Bay, Maine, USA [details]
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Bulla pertenuis. Mighels, 1843. Boston Journal of Natural History 4: 346-347 - catalog no. 57340) (from synonym Bulla pertenuis Mighels, 1843)
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