# Obtusella

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***Obtusella*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of minute [sea snails](/source/Sea_snail), [marine](/source/Marine_(ocean)) [gastropod](/source/Gastropod) [mollusks](/source/Mollusk) or [micromollusks](/source/Micromollusk) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Rissoidae](/source/Rissoidae).[2]

## Species

Seven species are currently recognised in the genus *Obtusella*.[2]

- *[Obtusella erinacea](/source/Obtusella_erinacea)* (Linnaeus, 1758)[3]
- *[Obtusella intersecta](/source/Obtusella_intersecta)* (S. Wood, 1857) – [syn.](/source/Synonym_(taxonomy)) *Obtusella alderi* (Jeffreys, 1858)[4]
- *[Obtusella lata](/source/Obtusella_lata)* Rolán & Rubio, 1999[5]
- *[Obtusella macilenta](/source/Obtusella_macilenta)* (Monterosato, 1880)[6]
- *[Obtusella orisparvi](/source/Obtusella_orisparvi)* Moreno, Peñas & Rolán, 2003[7]
- *[Obtusella roseotincta](/source/Obtusella_roseotincta)* (Dautzenberg, 1889)[8]
- *[Obtusella tumidula](/source/Obtusella_tumidula)* (G. O. Sars, 1878)[9]

## References

1. Cossmann M. (1921). *Essais Paléoconch.*, Comp., **12**: 43.

1. Serge Gofas (2012). "*Obtusella* Cossmann, 1921". 138450. Retrieved July 20, 2012.

1. "*Obtusella erinacea* (Linnaeus, 1758)". 2011. 153680. Retrieved July 20, 2012.

1. Gary Rosenberg & Serge Gofas (2012). "*Obtusella intersecta*". 141304. Retrieved July 20, 2012.

1. "*Obtusella lata*". 2012. 224698. Retrieved July 20, 2012.

1. Serge Gofas (2011). "*Obtusella macilenta*". 141305. Retrieved July 20, 2012.

1. Philippe Bouchet (2011). "*Obtusella orisparvi* Moreno, Peñas & Rolán, 2003". 475260. Retrieved July 20, 2012.

1. Serge Gofas (2010). "*Obtusella roseotincta* (Dautzenberg, 1889)". 141306. Retrieved July 20, 2012.

1. Gary Rosenberg & Serge Gofas (2012). "*Obtusella tumidula*". 141307. Retrieved July 20, 2012.

## Further reading

- 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

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