Lotoria armata

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Lotoria armata
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Drawing of a shell of Lotoria armata (holotype)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Lotoria
Species:
L. armata
Binomial name
Lotoria armata
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1897)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cymatium (Ranularia) armatum(G.B. Sowerby III, 1897)
  • Cymatium armatum(G.B. Sowerby III, 1897)
  • Lotorium armatumG.B. Sowerby III, 1897

Lotoria armata is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 72 mm, its maximum diameter 42 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji and Australia (Queensland).

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