Obesotoma cymata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| 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
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| Binomial name | |
| Obesotoma cymata (Dall, 1919)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Lora tenuilirata var. cymata Dall, 1919 (basionym) | |
Description edit
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.[2]
Distribution edit
This marine species occurs from Nunivak Island, Bering Sea, to the Shumagin Islands, Alaska.
References edit
- ^ a b 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)
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External links edit
- 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.