Obesotoma japonica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[2]

Obesotoma japonica
Shell of Obesotoma japonica (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Obesotoma
Species:
O. japonica
Binomial name
Obesotoma japonica

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 24 mm and 27 mm.

Distribution

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This species was found in the Sea of Japan off Hokkaido Island at a depth of 783 m.

References

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  1. ^ Bartsch, Paul (1941). "The nomenclatorial status of certain northern turritid mollusks". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 54: 7–8.
  2. ^ a b Obesotoma japonica Bartsch, 1941. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 August 2011.
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