Lophiotoma kina

Lophiotoma kina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae. It was described in 2017 as part of an integrative-taxonomy revision of the genus Lophiotoma. ^[1]

Lophiotoma kina
Shell of Lophiotoma kina(holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Turridae
Genus:	Lophiotoma
Species:	L. kina
Binomial name
Lophiotoma kina Puillandre, Fedosov, Zaharias, Aznar-Cormano & Kantor, 2017

Taxonomy

Lophiotoma kina was established by Puillandre, Kantor, Sysoev, Couloux & Bouchet (2017) during a multilocus phylogenetic study that redefined species limits within Lophiotoma . The species is listed under Turridae in subsequent taxonomic treatments. ^[2]

Description

Shell morphology follows the elongate-fusiform Lophiotoma habit with an elevated spire and siphonal canal, as diagnosed for the genus in the original revision. A detailed species-level description (including sculpture and protoconch characters) is provided in the type paper. ^[1]

Distribution

Lophiotoma kina has been reported from the tropical western Pacific, including waters off Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu. ^[1]

References

1. • Puillandre, Nicolas; Fedosov, Alexander E.; Zaharias, Paul; Aznar-Cormano, Laetitia; Kantor, Yuri 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 (2): 243–271. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx012.
   • Kantor, Yuri; Bouchet, Philippe; Fedosov, Alexander; Puillandre, Nicolas; Zaharias, Paul (2024). "Generic revision of the Recent Turridae (Neogastropoda: Conoidea)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 90 (5) eyae032. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyae032.
2. "Lophiotoma kina". World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). MolluscaBase. Retrieved 27 September 2025.