| Obesotoma cymata | |
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| Original image of a shell of Obesotoma cymata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Obesotoma |
| Species: | O. cymata |
| Binomial name | |
| Obesotoma cymata (Dall, 1919) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Lora tenuilirata var. cymata Dall, 1919 (basionym) | |
Obesotoma cymata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 23 mm, its diameter 10.5 mm.
(Original description) The shell resembles typical Obesotoma tenuilirata (Dall, 1871, but with a higher and more acute spire, and with 20 or more narrow axial riblets on the body whorl, obsolete on the base, and a single spiral thread at the shoulder.
Distribution
This marine species occurs from Nunivak Island, Bering Sea, to the Shumagin Islands, Alaska.
References
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2017). Obesotoma cymata (Dall, 1919). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=954961 on 2017-10-25
- Dall (1919) Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean; Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, vol. 56 (1920)
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
- Merkuljev A.V. (2017). Taxonomic puzzle of Propebela arctica (A. Adams, 1855) (Gastropoda, Mangeliidae) - six different species under single name. Ruthenica. 27(1): 15–30
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
- "Obesotoma tenuilirata cymata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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