Biology:Obesotoma gigantea
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Short description: Species of gastropod
Obesotoma gigantea | |
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Shell of Obesotoma gigantea (museum specimen from Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mangeliidae |
Genus: | Obesotoma |
Species: | O. gigantea
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Binomial name | |
Obesotoma gigantea (Mörch, 1869)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Obesotoma gigantea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
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
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Obesotoma gigantea (Mörch, 1869). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 August 2011.
- ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Morch, O.A.L. (1869) Catalogue des mollusques du Spitzberg, recueilles par le Dr. H. Kroyer pendant le voyage de la corvette la Recherche en juin 1838. Memoires de la Societe Malacologique de Belgique, 4: 7–32
- Kantor, Y.I. & Sysoev, A.V. (eds), 2005. Catalogue of molluscs of Russia and adjacent countries. Moscow
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q7074873 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesotoma gigantea.
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