Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Buccinoidea > Family Nassariidae > Subfamily Nassariinae > Genus Demoulia

Demoulia obtusata (Link, 1807)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Buccinum Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Demoulia*	Gray, 1838	accepted genus name
*Nassa (Desmoulea)*		synonym

Species group names

*Demoulia pulchra*	Gray, 1838	synonym
*Nassa (Desmoulea) crassa*	A. Adams, 1853	synonym
*Nassa (Desmoulea) pinguis*	A. Adams, 1853	synonym
*Nassa pinguis*	A. Adams, 1853	synonym
*Nassa ponderosa*	Reeve, 1854	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Bernard P.A. (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140 pp, 75 plates, illus.
additional source	Cernohorsky, W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 14: i-iv, 1-356. [published 12 July 1984].
additional source	Adam, W. & Knudsen, J. (1984). Révision des Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda Prosobranchia) de l'Afrique occidentale. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. 55 (9): 1-95, 5 pl.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Demoulia obtusata (Link, 1807). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140489