Lophiotoma madagascarensis
Appearance
Lophiotoma madagascarensis | |
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Shell of Lophiotoma madagascarensis (holotype 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. madagascarensis
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Binomial name | |
Lophiotoma madagascarensis Olivera, 2004
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Lophiotoma madagascarensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 44.7 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Madagascar.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Lophiotoma madagascarensis Olivera, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- Olivera. 2004. Larger forms in Lophiotoma defined: Four new species described from the Philippines and three from elsewhere in the Indo-Pacific. Science Diliman, 16 (1) : 1-28
- Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002-2006. Census of Marine Life
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