North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Obtusella Cossmann, 1921

Obtusella intersecta (Wood S., 1857)
Shell from Benalmena, Spain (actual size 1.2 mm).

AphiaID

138450 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138450)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Rissoa obtusa Cantraine, 1842 accepted as Obtusella intersecta (S. V. Wood, 1857) (type by original designation)

Parent

Rissoidae J. E. Gray, 1847

Original name

Cingula (Obtusella) Cossmann, 1921

Synonymised names

Cingulina Monterosato, 1884 · unaccepted > junior homonym (preoccupied by Cingulina A.Adams,...)

preoccupied by Cingulina A.Adams, 1860

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Species Obtusella intersecta (S. V. Wood, 1857)
Species Obtusella macilenta (Monterosato, 1880)
Species Obtusella roseotincta (Dautzenberg, 1889)
Species Obtusella alderi (Jeffreys, 1858) accepted as Obtusella intersecta (S. V. Wood, 1857)
Species Obtusella tumidula (G. O. Sars, 1878) accepted as Pusillina tumidula (G. O. Sars, 1878)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Cossmann, M. (1921). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Douzième livraison. Paris: [the author]. 349 pp., plates A-D, 1-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37199513
page(s): 43; note: name credited to Monterosato, in litteris [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Obtusella Cossmann, 1921. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138450 on 2026-06-08

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Obtusella Cossmann, 1921. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138450 on 2026-06-08

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2006-04-05 09:14:33Z

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Vandepitte, Leen

2010-10-23 17:39:49Z

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Gofas, Serge

2024-03-30 09:17:23Z

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Gofas, Serge

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original description (of Cingulina Monterosato, 1884) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). <i>Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee</i>. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711
page(s): 66 [details]

original description (of ) Cossmann, M. (1921). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Douzième livraison. Paris: [the author]. 349 pp., plates A-D, 1-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37199513
page(s): 43; note: name credited to Monterosato, in litteris [details]

additional source Ponder, W. F. (1985). A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> Suppl. 4: 1-221. [12 February 1985]., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Ponder-1985-Rec-Aust-Mus-Suppl-4-1221/
page(s): 68-69 [details] Available for editors