Lophiotoma abbreviata
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Lophiotoma abbreviata | |
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Lophiotoma abbreviata shell (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Turridae |
Genus: | Lophiotoma |
Species: | L. abbreviata
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Binomial name | |
Lophiotoma abbreviata (Reeve, 1843)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Lophiotoma abbreviata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
- Subspecies
- Lophiotoma abbreviata abbreviata (Reeve, 1843)
- Lophiotoma abbreviata lifuensis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1907)
- Lophiotoma abbreviata ustulata (Reeve, 1846)
Description
The fusiform shell reaches a length of 35 mm and a diameter of 12–15 mm. The shell is rather stout, with a prominent shoulder keel, composed of two approximate ribs, and less prominent revolving ribs and lines below it, articulated with dark chestnut spots. The shell is above the keel concave, with a strong rounded sutural rib, marked by large dark chestnut spots.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs along the Mascarene basin and the Philippines.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b Lophiotoma abbreviata (Reeve, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 July 2011.
- ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology VI, p. 173; 1884
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
External links
- "Lophiotoma (Lophiotoma) abbreviata abbreviata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
- Reeve, L. A. (1843-1846). Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 1, pl. 1-40 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London
- Puillandre N., Fedosov A.E., Zaharias P., Aznar-Cormano L. & Kantor Y.I. (2017). A quest for the lost types of Lophiotoma (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Turridae): integrative taxonomy in a nomenclatural mess. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 181: 243-271Error: "Q3722231" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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