Obesotoma gigantea

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Obesotoma gigantea
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Shell of Obesotoma gigantea (museum specimen from Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Obesotoma
Species:
O. gigantea
Binomial name
Obesotoma gigantea
(Mörch, 1869)
Synonyms [1]
  • Bela gigantea(Mörch, 1869)
  • Pleurotoma (Bela) violacea var. giganteaMörch, 1869
  • Pleurotoma giganteaMoerch, 1869 (original combination)

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

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Description

The length varies between 12 mm and 25 mm. It differs from Obesotoma gigas (Verkrüzen, 1875) in a more produced, curved siphonal canal. [2]

Distribution

This marine species is found from Eastern Greenland to Severnaya Zemlya, Russia

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