Obesotoma japonica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[2]
| Obesotoma japonica | |
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| Shell of Obesotoma japonica (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
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. japonica
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| Binomial name | |
| Obesotoma japonica | |
Description edit
The length of the shell varies between 24 mm and 27 mm.
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Distribution edit
This species was found in the Sea of Japan off Hokkaido Island at a depth of 783 m.
References edit
- ^ Bartsch, Paul (1941). "The nomenclatorial status of certain northern turritid mollusks". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 54: 7–8.
- ^ a b Obesotoma japonica Bartsch, 1941. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 August 2011.
External links edit
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
- "Obesotoma japonica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Biolib.cz: Obesotoma japonica