Obtusella
Sign in to saveObtusella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderLittorinimorpha
- FamilyRissoidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 22
- Family
- Rissoidae
- Collections
- MNHN, SBMNH, NRM
- Recorded in
- Turkey, Corse, United States, Spain, Italy, France, Cabo Verde
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Obtusella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae.
==Species== Seven species are currently recognised in the genus Obtusella. Obtusella erinacea (Linnaeus, 1758) Obtusella intersecta (S. Wood, 1857) – syn. Obtusella alderi (Jeffreys, 1858) Obtusella lata Rolán & Rubio, 1999 Obtusella macilenta (Monterosato, 1880) Obtusella orisparvi Moreno, Peñas & Rolán, 2003 Obtusella roseotincta (Dautzenberg, 1889) Obtusella tumidula (G. O. Sars, 1878)
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