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Obesotoma gigas
Drawing of a shell of Obesotoma gigas
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Obesotoma
Species:	O. gigas
Binomial name
Obesotoma gigas (Verkrüzen, 1875)
Synonyms
Bela gigas (Verkrüzen, 1875) Pleurotoma gigas Verkrüzen, 1875

Obesotoma gigas is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 14 mm.

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Distribution

This species occurs off Svalbard and Arctic Russia.

References

1. ^ Obesotoma gigas (Verkrüzen, 1875). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 August 2011.

• Verkruzen, T.A. (1882) Buccinum L. Jahrbuch. der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft, 9: 203–221, 356–365.
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

External links

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.

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