Obesotoma cymata

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

Obesotoma cymata
Original image of a shell of Obesotoma cymata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Obesotoma
Species:
O. cymata
Binomial name
Obesotoma cymata
(Dall, 1919)
Synonyms[1]

Lora tenuilirata var. cymata Dall, 1919 (basionym)

Description

The length of the shell attains 23 mm, its diameter 10.5 mm.

(Original description) The shell resembles typical Obesotoma tenuilirata (Dall, 1871, but with a higher and more acute spire, and with 20 or more narrow axial riblets on the body whorl, obsolete on the base, and a single spiral thread at the shoulder.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs from Nunivak Island, Bering Sea, to the Shumagin Islands, Alaska.

References

  • Merkuljev A.V. (2017). Taxonomic puzzle of Propebela arctica (A. Adams, 1855) (Gastropoda, Mangeliidae) - six different species under single name. Ruthenica. 27(1): 15–30
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
  • "Obesotoma tenuilirata cymata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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