Obesotoma cymata explained

Obesotoma cymata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.^[1]

Description

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

This marine species occurs from Nunivak Island, Bering Sea, to the Shumagin Islands, Alaska.

External links

• 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.

Notes and References

1. 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
2. https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofuni561920unit Dall (1919) Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean; Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, vol. 56 (1920)