Obesotoma robusta

Obesotoma robusta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Obesotoma robusta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Obesotoma
Species:
O. robusta
Binomial name
Obesotoma robusta
(Packard, 1866)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bela robusta Packard, 1866
  • Oenopota raricostulata Golikov, A.N. in Golikov, A.N. & O.A. Skarlato, 1985

Description

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 16 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Sea of Japan, Sakhalin and off Northwest Canada.

References
  1. Obesotoma robusta (Packard, 1866). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 August 2011.
  • Packard, A.S. (1867) Observations on the glacial phenomena of Labrador and Maine, with a view of the Recent invertebrate fauna of Labrador. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History, new series, 1 (2) : 210–303.
  • Hasegawa, K., Okutani, T. and E. Tsuchida (2000) Family Turridae. In: Okutani, T. (ed.), Marine Mollusks in Japan. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, 619-667 (in Japanese).


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