Obesotoma cymata

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Obesotoma cymata
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Original image of a shell of Obesotoma cymata
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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. cymataDall, 1919 (basionym)

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

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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.

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References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2017). Obesotoma cymata (Dall, 1919). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=954961 on 2017-10-25
  2. Dall (1919) Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean; Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, vol. 56 (1920) PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.