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. 1 2 Demoulia obtusata (Link, 1807).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 August 2012.

External links

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