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Obesotoma gigantea

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotoma (Bela) violacea gigantea was named by Mörch (1869). It is extant.

It was recombined as Obesotoma gigantea by Bogdanov (1990).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Pleurotoma (Bela) violacea gigantea Mörch
1990Obesotoma gigantea Bogdanov

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyMangeliidae(Fischer 1884)
genusObesotomaBartsch 1941
speciesgigantea(Mörch 1869)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Obesotoma gigantea Mörch 1869
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:08:14
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:08:14
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available