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Obtusella Cossmann, 1921 
AphiaID: 138450

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Rissooidea (Superfamily) > Rissoidae (Family) > Rissoinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Obtusella intersecta (S. Wood, 1857) (type by monotypy)
Parent Rissoinae Gray, 1847
Synonymised
taxa		  Cingulina Monterosato, 1884 (preoccupied by Cingulina A.Adams, 1860)
Sources  basis of record: 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 (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record: Ponder W. F. (1985) A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum supplement 4: 1-221. [12 February 1985], available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Ponder-1985-Rec-Aust-Mus-Suppl-4-1221/
page(s): 68-69 [details]

additional source: Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

from synonym: Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Palermo, Virzi, 152 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711
page(s): 66 [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Dutch knophorens  [details]
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Obtusella erinacea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Obtusella intersecta (S. Wood, 1857)
Species Obtusella lata Rolán & Rubio, 1999
Species Obtusella macilenta (Monterosato, 1880)
Species Obtusella orisparvi Moreno, Peñas & Rolán, 2003 †
Species Obtusella roseotincta (Dautzenberg, 1889)
Species Obtusella tumidula (Sars G. O., 1878)

Species Obtusella alderi (Jeffreys, 1858) accepted as Obtusella intersecta (S. Wood, 1857)
Environment marine
Images 
Obtusella intersecta
[image from typetaxon]
Obtusella intersecta
added on 2012-08-09 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked

Obtusella intersecta (Wood S., 1857)Shell from Benalmádena, Spain (actual size 1.2 mm).
[image from typetaxon]
Obtusella intersecta (Wood S., 1857)
Shell from Benalmádena, Spain (actual size 1.2 mm).
added on 2013-02-14 - author: Gofas, Serge
qualitystatus: checked by Gofas, Serge on 2013-02-14 11:41:15
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138450
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
2006-04-05 09:14:33Z  changed  Vandepitte, Leen
2010-10-23 17:39:49Z  changed  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Obtusella Cossmann, 1921. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138450 on 2013-05-20
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