Obesotoma solida

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Obesotoma solida
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Shell of Obesotoma solida (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Obesotoma
Species:
O. solida
Binomial name
Obesotoma solida
(Dall, 1887)
Synonyms [1]

Bela solidaDall, 1887

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

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Description

There seems to be some confusion as to regards the synonyms of this species. Gastropods.com considers Lora quadraDall, 1919 a synonym, while WoRMS considers Lora quadra a synonym of Oenopota quadra (Dall, 1919).. [2] Forster considers Bela solidaDall, 1887 (and Lora solidaDall, 1921) a synonym of Oenopota solidaDall, 1887, while WoRMS doesn't mention Oenopota solida [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Sea of Japan and the Bering Sea to Puget Sound.

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References

  1. 1 2 Obesotoma solida (Dall, 1887) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 10 August 2011.
  2. "Obesotoma solida". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  3. Foster, Nora Rakestraw. A synopsis of the marine prosobranch gastropod and bivalve mollusks in Alaskan waters. Diss. 1979