Obtusella erinacea

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Obtusella erinacea
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O. erinacea
Binomial name
Obtusella erinacea
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Obtusella erinacea is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae. [1]

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References

  1. Obtusella erinacea (Linnaeus, 1758) . WoRMS (2009). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153680 on 9 August 2010 .