Lophiotoma abbreviata | |
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Lophiotoma abbreviata shell (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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]
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]
This marine species occurs along the Mascarene basin and the Philippines.[ citation needed]
Lophiotoma abbreviata | |
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Lophiotoma abbreviata shell (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Turridae |
Genus: | Lophiotoma |
Species: | L. abbreviata
|
Binomial name | |
Lophiotoma abbreviata (
Reeve, 1843)
| |
Synonyms [1] | |
|
Lophiotoma abbreviata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids. [1]
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]
This marine species occurs along the Mascarene basin and the Philippines.[ citation needed]