Demoulia obtusata

Demoulia obtusata
	Five views of a shell of Demoulia obtusata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Nassariidae
Subfamily:	Nassariinae
Genus:	Demoulia
Species:	D. obtusata
Binomial name
	Demoulia obtusata; (Link, 1807)
Synonyms[1]
	Buccinum obtusatum Link, 1807; Demoulea crassa A. Adams, 1853; Demoulea pinguis A. Adams, 1853; Demoulea pulchra (Gray, 1838); Demoulia pulchra Gray, 1838; Demoulinsia pinguis (A. Adams, 1853); Desmoulea pinguis Adams, 1853; Nassa (Demoulea) pinguis (A. Adams, 1853); Nassa (Demoulea) tryoni Crosse, 1869; Nassa pinguis (A. Adams, 1853); Nassa ponderosa Reeve, 1854;

Demoulia obtusata, common name : the obtuse demoulia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 17 mm and 25 mm

This species is distributed in European waters and in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa, Gabon and Senegal.

Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.
Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates 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
Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp

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