WoRMS taxon details
Demoulia obtusata (Link, 1807)
140489 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140489)
accepted
Species
Buccinum obtusatum Link, 1807 · unaccepted (original combination)
Demoulia pulchra Gray, 1838 · unaccepted
Demoulinsia pinguis (A. Adams, 1853) · unaccepted
Desmoulea crassa (A. Adams, 1853) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Desmoulea pinguis (A. Adams, 1853) · unaccepted
Nassa (Desmoulea) crassa A. Adams, 1853 · unaccepted (synonym)
Nassa (Desmoulea) pinguis A. Adams, 1853 · unaccepted (synonym)
Nassa pinguis A. Adams, 1853 · unaccepted
Nassa ponderosa Reeve, 1854 · unaccepted
marine
(of Buccinum obtusatum Link, 1807) Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben. 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Demoulia obtusata (Link, 1807). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140489 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Buccinum obtusatum Link, 1807) Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben. 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237 [details]
original description (of Demoulia pulchra Gray, 1838) Gray, J. E. (1838). On some new species of quadrupeds and shells. Annals of Natural History. (1) 1: 27-30., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3380828 [details]
original description (of Nassa ponderosa Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1853-1854). Monograph of the genus Nassa. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 9, pls 1-29 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-5, November 1853; pl. 6-25, December 1853; pl. 26-29, March 1854]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120745 [details]
original description (of Nassa (Desmoulea) crassa A. Adams, 1853) Adams, A. (1852-1853). Catalogue of the species of Nassa, a genus of gasteropodous Mollusca belonging to the family Buccinidae, in the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq., with the description of some new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1851) 19: 94-112 [7 December 1852], 113-114 [29 April 1853]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859178
page(s): 113 [details]
original description (of Nassa (Desmoulea) pinguis A. Adams, 1853) Adams, A. (1852-1853). Catalogue of the species of Nassa, a genus of gasteropodous Mollusca belonging to the family Buccinidae, in the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq., with the description of some new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1851) 19: 94-112 [7 December 1852], 113-114 [29 April 1853]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859178
page(s): 113. [details]
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., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
original description (of Demoulia pulchra Gray, 1838) Gray, J. E. (1838). On some new species of quadrupeds and shells. Annals of Natural History. (1) 1: 27-30., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3380828 [details]
original description (of Nassa ponderosa Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1853-1854). Monograph of the genus Nassa. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 9, pls 1-29 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-5, November 1853; pl. 6-25, December 1853; pl. 26-29, March 1854]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120745 [details]
original description (of Nassa (Desmoulea) crassa A. Adams, 1853) Adams, A. (1852-1853). Catalogue of the species of Nassa, a genus of gasteropodous Mollusca belonging to the family Buccinidae, in the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq., with the description of some new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1851) 19: 94-112 [7 December 1852], 113-114 [29 April 1853]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859178
page(s): 113 [details]
original description (of Nassa (Desmoulea) pinguis A. Adams, 1853) Adams, A. (1852-1853). Catalogue of the species of Nassa, a genus of gasteropodous Mollusca belonging to the family Buccinidae, in the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq., with the description of some new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1851) 19: 94-112 [7 December 1852], 113-114 [29 April 1853]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859178
page(s): 113. [details]
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., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
Other
additional source
Bernard P.A. (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140 pp, 75 plates, illus. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59858109 [details]
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., available online at http://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/bulletin-of-the-royal-belgian-institute-of-natural-sciences-biologie/55-1983-1985/biol_55-9.pdf [details]
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]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59858109 [details]
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., available online at http://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/bulletin-of-the-royal-belgian-institute-of-natural-sciences-biologie/55-1983-1985/biol_55-9.pdf [details]





- From editor or global species database
- Japan
- Senegal
- From regional or thematic species database
- Angola
- North Atlantic Ocean
- Unreviewed
- Gabon
- North Atlantic Ocean
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Desmoulea pinguis (A. Adams, 1853))
To Malacopics (Demoulia obtusata (Link, 187) Angola, Luanda, 3 km S of Luanda, by dredging, at 3-6...
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Buccinum obtusatum Link, 1807)
To PESI (from synonym Demoulia pulchra Gray, 1838)
To PESI (from synonym Nassa ponderosa Reeve, 1854)
To PESI (from synonym Nassa (Desmoulea) crassa A. Adams, 1853)
To PESI (from synonym Nassa (Desmoulea) pinguis A. Adams, 1853)
To Malacopics (Demoulia obtusata (Link, 187) Angola, Luanda, 3 km S of Luanda, by dredging, at 3-6...
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Buccinum obtusatum Link, 1807)
To PESI (from synonym Demoulia pulchra Gray, 1838)
To PESI (from synonym Nassa ponderosa Reeve, 1854)
To PESI (from synonym Nassa (Desmoulea) crassa A. Adams, 1853)
To PESI (from synonym Nassa (Desmoulea) pinguis A. Adams, 1853)