Obesotoma robusta

Obesotoma robusta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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 robustaPackard, 1866 Oenopota raricostulataGolikov, A.N. in Golikov, A.N. & O.A. Skarlato, 1985

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

Description

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

Distribution

Obesotoma robusta is found 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).

External links

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.