Obesotoma Explained

Obesotoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.

Species

Species within the genus Obesotoma include:

• Obesotoma cymata (Dall, 1919)
• Obesotoma gigantea (Mörch, 1869)
• Obesotoma gigas (Verkrüzen, 1875)
• Obesotoma hokkaidoensis (Bartsch, 1941)
• Obesotoma iessoensis (Smith E. A., 1875)
• Obesotoma japonica Bartsch, 1941
• Obesotoma laevigata (Dall, 1871)
• Obesotoma okutanii Bogdanov & Ito, 1992
• Obesotoma oyashio Shikama, 1962
• Obesotoma pulcherrima Bogdanov & Ito, 1992
• Obesotoma robusta (Packard, 1866)
• Obesotoma sachalinensis Bogdanov, 1989
• Obesotoma simplex (Middendorf, 1849)
• Obesotoma solida (Dall, 1887)
• Obesotoma starobogatovi Bogdanov, 1990
• Obesotoma tenuilirata (Dall, 1871)
• Obesotoma tomiyaensis (Otuka, 1949)
• Obesotoma tumida (Posselt, 1898)
• Obesotoma uchidai Habe, 1958
• Obesotoma woodiana (Møller, 1842)

Species brought into synonymy :

• Obesotoma hanazakiensis Habe, 1958: synonym of Oenopota hanazakiensis (Habe, 1958)
• Obesotoma miona (Dall, W.H., 1919): synonym of Propebela miona (Dall, W.H., 1919)
• Obesotoma schantarica Middendorff, 1849: synonym of Oenopota schantaricum (Middendorf, 1849)

References

• 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

• P Bartsch. "The Nomenclatorial Status of Certain Northern Turritid Mollusks"; Proceedings of the biological Society of Washington 54, 1-14, 1941
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
• Worldwide Mollusk Data base : Mangeliidae
• Gulbin, Vladimir V. "Review of the Shell-bearing Gastropods in the Russian Waters of the East Sea (Sea of Japan). III. Caenogastropoda: Neogastropoda." The Korean Journal of Malacology 25.1 (2009): 51-70