Obesotoma gigantea

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

Description

The length varies between 12&nbsp;mm and 25&nbsp;mm. It differs from Obesotoma gigas <small>(Verkrüzen, 1875)</small> in a more produced, curved siphonal canal.

Distribution

This marine species is found from Eastern Greenland to Severnaya Zemlya, Russia

References

• Morch, O.A.L. (1869) Catalogue des mollusques du Spitzberg, recueilles par le Dr. H. Kroyer pendant le voyage de la corvette la Recherche en juin 1838. Memoires de la Societe Malacologique de Belgique, 4: 7–32
• Kantor, Y.I. & Sysoev, A.V. (eds), 2005. Catalogue of molluscs of Russia and adjacent countries. Moscow

External links

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