Obtusella
Genus of gastropods
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Obtusella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae.[2]
| Obtusella | |
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| Obtusella intersecta shell | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Obtusella Cossmann, 1921[1] |
| Type species | |
| Obtusella intersecta (S. Wood, 1857) | |
Species
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]