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

Description

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

Distribution

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

References

  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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