Obesotoma gigas

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

Obesotoma gigas
Drawing of a shell of Obesotoma gigas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Obesotoma
Species:
O. gigas
Binomial name
Obesotoma gigas
(Verkrüzen, 1875)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bela gigas (Verkrüzen, 1875)
  • Pleurotoma gigas Verkrüzen, 1875

Description

The length of the shell attains 14 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs off Svalbard and Arctic Russia.

References
  1. Obesotoma gigas (Verkrüzen, 1875). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 August 2011.
  • Verkruzen, T.A. (1882) Buccinum L. Jahrbuch. der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft, 9: 203–221, 356–365.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213


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