Turbo obtusatus Linné, 1757
Syst. Nat. ed. X:761

There are no species named obtusa by Linné.

All the best

Riccardo Giannuzzi-Savelli


>Dear list;
>
>Littorina obtusata (Linn.) is a rounded periwinkle which lives in
>European waters.
>It sometimes happens in litterature & wwweb that a L. obtusa (Linn.)
>is mentioned, with the same features that obtusata.
>Error, mispelling, other species, or is there a cloud occulting the
>origins of the name ?
>
>Thanks for all your beautiful knowledge.
>How people lived before this web ?
>
>
>Olivier Caro