Obesotoma
genus of molluscs
Obesotoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.
Species
Species within the genus Obesotoma include:
Obesotoma cymata (Dall, 1919)
Obesotoma gigantea (Mörch, 1869)
Obesotoma gigas (Verkrüzen, 1875)
Obesotoma hokkaidoensis (Bartsch, 1941)
Obesotoma iessoensis (Smith E. A., 1875)
Obesotoma japonica Bartsch, 1941
Obesotoma laevigata (Dall, 1871)
Obesotoma okutanii Bogdanov & Ito, 1992
Obesotoma oyashio Shikama, 1962
Obesotoma pulcherrima Bogdanov & Ito, 1992
Obesotoma robusta (Packard, 1866)
Obesotoma sachalinensis Bogdanov, 1989
Obesotoma simplex (Middendorf, 1849)
Obesotoma solida (Dall, 1887)
Obesotoma starobogatovi Bogdanov, 1990
Obesotoma tenuilirata (Dall, 1871)
Obesotoma tomiyaensis (Otuka, 1949)
Obesotoma tumida (Posselt, 1898)
Obesotoma uchidai Habe, 1958
Obesotoma woodiana (Møller, 1842)
Species brought into synonymy
Obesotoma hanazakiensis Habe, 1958: synonym of Oenopota hanazakiensis (Habe, 1958)
Obesotoma miona (Dall, W.H., 1919): synonym of Propebela miona (Dall, W.H., 1919)
Obesotoma schantarica Middendorff, 1849: synonym of Oenopota schantaricum (Middendorf, 1849)
References
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
External links
P Bartsch. "The Nomenclatorial Status of Certain Northern Turritid Mollusks"; Proceedings of the biological Society of Washington 54, 1-14, 1941
Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
Worldwide Mollusk Data base : Mangeliidae
Gulbin, Vladimir V. "Review of the Shell-bearing Gastropods in the Russian Waters of the East Sea (Sea of Japan).
“Obesotoma” enters the record as genus of molluscs. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Obesotoma, genus and molluscs can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Stable identifiers, scientific names and standards terminology offer the best bridge between this overview and specialist evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3174408. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1919, 1869, 1875 and 1941.
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