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Obesotoma hokkaidoensis

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Obesotoma hokkaidoensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Obesotoma
Species:
O. hokkaidoensis
Binomial name
Obesotoma hokkaidoensis
(Bartsch, 1941)
Synonyms[1]
  • Curtitoma hokkaidoensis (Barsch, 1941)
  • Nematoma hokkaidoensis Bartsch, 1941

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 6.5 mm and 11.5 m.

Distribution

This is a rare marine species occurring in low-boreal waters off Japan at depths between 167 m and 1600 m.

References

  • Bartsch, P. (1941) The nomenclatorial status of certain northern turritid mollusks. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 54: 1-14.
  • 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).