Obesotoma solida

Obesotoma solida
Original image of a shell of Obesotoma solida
Scientific classification
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 solida Dall, 1887

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

Description

There seems to be some confusion as to regards the synonyms of this species. Gastropods.com considers Lora quadra Dall, 1919 a synonym, while WoRMS considers Lora quadra a synonym of Oenopota quadra (Dall, 1919)..[2] Forster considers Bela solida Dall, 1887 (and Lora solida Dall, 1921) a synonym of Oenopota solida Dall, 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.

References

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


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