Obesotoma woodiana

Obesotoma woodiana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Obesotoma
Species:	O. woodiana
Binomial name
Obesotoma woodiana (Møller, 1842)
Synonyms [1]
Defrancia woodianaMoller, 1842

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

This species was named after William Wood, an English surgeon, zoologist and entomologist

Description

The length of the shell varies between 12 mm and 17 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters and in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean off Svalbard.

References

1. Obesotoma woodiana (Møller, 1842) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 10 August 2011.

• Moller, H.P.C (1842) Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift, (1) 4 (1) : 76–97.
• Brunel, P., L. Bosse, and G. Lamarche. 1998. Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
• 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

External links

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