Obesotoma tumida

Obesotoma tumida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Mangeliidae
Genus:Obesotoma
Species: O. tumida
Binomial name
Obesotoma tumida
(Posselt, 1898)
Synonyms[1]

Bela tumida Posselt, 1898

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 13 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Western Greenland; Eastern Siberia, and the Laptev Sea, Russia

References

  1. 1 2 Obesotoma tumida (Posselt, 1898).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 August 2011.
  • Kantor, Y.I. & Sysoev, A.V. (eds), 2005. Catalogue of molluscs of Russia and adjacent countries. Moscow


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