Turbellarians name details
original description
(of Vortex obscurus Plotnikow, 1905) Plotnikow, W. (1905). Uber einige rhabdocöle Turbellarien Sibiriens. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.</em> 21: 479–490. 1 plate.
page(s): 487, Fig 14; note: Considered as a species of Vortex, within the subgenus Castrella [details]
source of synonymy
Hofsten, N. von. (1910). Zur Synonymik un systematischen Stellung von Castrella truncata (Abildg.). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 35: 652–669.
page(s): 659; note: In the same publication, Hofsten (1910) mentions the name Castrella obscura, hence it is also the "new combination reference" for this combination. [details]