Retrotortina is a genus of very minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the family Omalogyridae.[1]
| Retrotortina | |
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| Shell of Retrotortina damara (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Infraclass: | Lower Heterobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Omalogyroidea |
| Family: | Omalogyridae |
| Genus: | Retrotortina Chaster, 1896 |
| Type species | |
| Retrotortina fuscata Chaster, 1896 | |
Species edit
Species within the genus Retrotortina include:
- Retrotortina cuniculus Barnard, 1969
- Retrotortina damara Rolán & Peñas, 2009
- Retrotortina fuscata Chaster, 1896
References edit
- ^ a b WoRMS (2012). Retrotortina. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138277 on 2012-08-31
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
- Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp