Lophiotoma abbreviata

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Lophiotoma abbreviata
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Lophiotoma abbreviata shell (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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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]
  • Pleurotoma (Turris) abbreviataReeve, 1843
  • Pleurotoma abbreviataReeve, 1843
  • Turris abbreviata(Reeve, 1843)

Lophiotoma abbreviata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids. [1]

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Subspecies

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 ]

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References

  1. 1 2 Lophiotoma abbreviata (Reeve, 1843) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 10 July 2011.
  2. ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology VI, p. 173; 1884
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