Obscurella

Obscurella
Shell of Obscurella aprica (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:	Cyclophoroidea
Family:	Cochlostomatidae
Genus:	Obscurella Clessin, 1889
Type species
Cyclostoma apricum Mousson, 1847
Synonyms
ApricanaCaziot, 1908 Cochlostoma (Obscurella)Clessin, 1889 CrassilabrianaFagot, 1891 HidalgoianaFagot, 1891 NeglectianaFagot, 1891 NouletianaFagot, 1891 Obscurella (Cantabrica)Raven, 1990 ObscurianaFagot, 1891 PartiotianaFagot, 1891 Pomatias (Anotus)Westerlund, 1883 Pomatias (Obscura)A. J. Wagner, 1897 Pomatias (Obscurella)Clessin, 1889 (original rank)

Obscurella is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlostomatidae. ^[1]

Description

(Original description in German) The shell is larger and cone-shaped. Its whorls appear slightly convex and spotted. The outer lip presents a narrow form, is never doubled, and feels thickened. ^[2]

Species

• Obscurella aprica (Mousson, 1847)
• Obscurella asturica (Raven, 1990)
• Obscurella bicostulata Gofas, 1989
• † Obscurella buxovillana (Wenz, 1923)
• † Obscurella cieuracensis (Noulet, 1868)
• Obscurella conica (Vallot, 1801)
• † Obscurella crassicosta (F. Sandberger, 1870)
• Obscurella crassilabrum (Dupuy, 1849)
• Obscurella filholi (Filhol, 1877)
• Obscurella gigas Gofas & Backeljau, 1994
• † Obscurella heterostoma (F. E. Edwards, 1852)
• Obscurella hidalgoi (Crosse, 1864)
• † Obscurella lamellosa (F. Sandberger, 1871)
• † Obscurella lugdunensis (Delafond & Depéret, 1893)
• Obscurella marocana (Pallary, 1928)
• Obscurella martorelli (Servain, 1880)
• † Obscurella mirifica (Cossmann, 1899)
• Obscurella nouleti (Dupuy, 1851)
• Obscurella obscura (Draparnaud, 1805)
• Obscurella oscitans Gofas, 1989
• Obscurella partioti (Saint-Simon, 1848)
• † Obscurella prisca (Wenz, 1930)
• † Obscurella ressonii (de Raincourt, 1876)
• † Obscurella sandbergeri (Noulet, 1868)

Synonyms

• † Obscurella lamellosea [sic]: synonym of † Obscurella lamellosa(F. Sandberger, 1871) (incorrect subsequent spelling)
• † Obscurella ressoni [sic]: synonym of † Obscurella ressonii(de Raincourt, 1876) (incorrect subsequent spelling)

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Obscurella Clessin, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996586 on 2021-10-07
2. Clessin, S. (1887–1890). Die Mollusken-Fauna Mitteleuropa's. II. Teil. Die Molluskenfauna Oesterreich-Ungarns und der Schweiz, 858 pp. Vol. Bd. 2, T. 2. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe. p. 599. Retrieved 30 April 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.

External linkjs

• Media related to Obscurella at Wikimedia Commons
• Clessin, S. (1887-1890). Die Mollusken-Fauna Mitteleuropa's. II. Teil. Die Molluskenfauna Oesterreich-Ungarns und der Schweiz, 858 pp. [part 1: 1-160 (1887); part 2: 161-320 (1887); part 3: 321-480 (1888); part 4: 481-624 (1889); part 5: 625-858 (1890)]. Nürnberg (Bauer & Raspe)
• Wagner, A. J. (1897). Monographie der Gattung Pomatias Studer. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe. 64: 565-632, pls 1-10. Wien
• Westerlund, C. A. (1883). Malakologische Miscellen. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 10 (1): 51-72, Frankfurt am Main