Obesotoma gigantea
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| Obesotoma gigantea | |
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| Shell of Obesotoma gigantea (museum specimen from Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Obesotoma |
| Species: | O. gigantea |
| Binomial name | |
| Obesotoma gigantea (Mörch, 1869) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Obesotoma gigantea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
The length varies between 12 mm and 25 mm. It differs from Obesotoma gigas (Verkrüzen, 1875) in a more produced, curved siphonal canal.[2]
