Obesotoma gigas is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
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| Drawing of a shell of Obesotoma gigas | |
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. gigas
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| Binomial name | |
| Obesotoma gigas (Verkrüzen, 1875)
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 14 mm.
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Distribution
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Obesotoma gigas (Verkrüzen, 1875). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 August 2011.
- Verkruzen, T.A. (1882) Buccinum L. Jahrbuch. der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft, 9: 203–221, 356–365.
- 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
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