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Retusa obtusa

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Retusa obtusa, common name the "Arctic barrel-bubble", is a species of very small head-shield sea snail or bubble shell, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Retusidae.[1]

This species occurs widely in the northern parts of the Atlantic Ocean, occurring in both the Eastern Atlantic and Western Atlantic. It has also been reported from North Carolina, and from Alaska in the Pacific Ocean. The shell reaches a maximum size of 3 mm.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Gofas, S. (2013). Retusa obtusa (Montagu, 1803). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141134 on 2014-03-30

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Retusa obtusa: Brief Summary

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Retusa obtusa, common name the "Arctic barrel-bubble", is a species of very small head-shield sea snail or bubble shell, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Retusidae.

This species occurs widely in the northern parts of the Atlantic Ocean, occurring in both the Eastern Atlantic and Western Atlantic. It has also been reported from North Carolina, and from Alaska in the Pacific Ocean. The shell reaches a maximum size of 3 mm.

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Distribution

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Arctic seas to off North Carolina; Alaska

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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

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Habitat

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bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary

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