Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Conoidea > Family Mangeliidae > Genus Obesotoma

Obesotoma simplex (Middendorf, 1849)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: unaccepted
Name Status: nom. inval.

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Obesotoma*	Bartsch, 1941	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Pleurotoma simplex*	Middendorff, 1849	synonym; nom. inval.

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Bogdanov, I.P. & Ito, K. [Katsuchiyo]. (1992). The Oenopotinae (Gastropoda: Turridae) mollusks from the southeastern part of the Japan Sea. Venus. 51(1-2): 11-41.
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Obesotoma simplex (Middendorf, 1849). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139307