Lotoria

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Lotoria
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Lotoria grandimaculata shell
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Lotoria
Emerson & Old, 1963 [1]
Type species
Lotoria perryi(Emerson & Old, 1963)
Synonyms [2]

Cymatium (Lotoria) Emerson & Old, 1963

Lotoria is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cymatiidae. [2]

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Description

The triangular whorls are coronated. The aperture is longer than the spire. The outer lip is dentated internally. [3]

Distribution

This genus occurs in the Indo-West Pacific and off the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, the Marquesas Islands and Australia (Queensland)

Species

Species within the genus Lotoria include:

Synonyms

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