Obesotoma gigas

Obesotoma gigas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae ^[1]
Genus:	Obesotoma
Species:	O. gigas
Binomial name
*Obesotoma gigas* (Verkrüzen, 1875)
Synonyms^[2]
Pleurotoma gigas Verkruzen, 1875

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

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters.

References

↑ Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
1 2 Obesotoma gigas (Verkrüzen, 1875). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 August 2011.

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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