Obtusella
| Obtusella | |
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| Obtusella intersecta shell | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Obtusella Cossmann, 1921[1] |
| Type species | |
| Obtusella intersecta (S. Wood, 1857)
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Obtusella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae.[2]
Species
[edit]Seven species are currently recognised in the genus Obtusella.[2]
- Obtusella erinacea (Linnaeus, 1758)[3]
- Obtusella intersecta (S. Wood, 1857) – syn. Obtusella alderi (Jeffreys, 1858)[4]
- Obtusella lata Rolán & Rubio, 1999[5]
- Obtusella macilenta (Monterosato, 1880)[6]
- Obtusella orisparvi Moreno, Peñas & Rolán, 2003[7]
- Obtusella roseotincta (Dautzenberg, 1889)[8]
- Obtusella tumidula (G. O. Sars, 1878)[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Cossmann M. (1921). Essais Paléoconch., Comp., 12: 43.
- ^ a b Serge Gofas (2012). "Obtusella Cossmann, 1921". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
- ^ "Obtusella erinacea (Linnaeus, 1758)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2011. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
- ^ Gary Rosenberg & Serge Gofas (2012). "Obtusella intersecta". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
- ^ "Obtusella lata". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2012. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
- ^ Serge Gofas (2011). "Obtusella macilenta". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
- ^ Philippe Bouchet (2011). "Obtusella orisparvi Moreno, Peñas & Rolán, 2003". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
- ^ Serge Gofas (2010). Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Obtusella roseotincta (Dautzenberg, 1889)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
- ^ Gary Rosenberg & Serge Gofas (2012). "Obtusella tumidula". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
Further reading
[edit]- Ponder W. F. (1985). A review of the Genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum supplement 4: 1-221
- Vaught, K. C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
- 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