Demoulia obtusata

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

Distribution

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

References

1. Demoulia obtusata (Link, 1807).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 August 2012.

• 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

External links

• Gastropods.com : Demoulia obtusata; accessed : 15 February 2011