NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 1999

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Retusidae
  Order - Cephalaspidea
  Subclass - Opisthobranchia
  Class - Gastropoda
  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Retusa obtusa
      Species - Retusa umbilicata
      Species - Retusa semen
      Species - Retusa sulcata
      Species - Retusa alba
      Species - Retusa montereyensis
      Species - Retusa xystrum
      Species - Retusa truncatula
      Species - Retusa ovata
      Species - Retusa mayoi