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Lophiotoma abbreviata

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Species of gastropod

Lophiotoma abbreviata
Lophiotoma abbreviata shell (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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
  • Pleurotoma (Turris) abbreviata Reeve, 1843
  • Pleurotoma abbreviata Reeve, 1843
  • Turris abbreviata (Reeve, 1843)

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

Subspecies
  • Lophiotoma abbreviata abbreviata (Reeve, 1843)
  • Lophiotoma abbreviata lifuensis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1907)
  • Lophiotoma abbreviata ustulata (Reeve, 1846)

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.

Distribution

This marine species occurs along the Mascarene basin and the Philippines.

References

  1. ^ 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
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice

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Taxon identifiers
Lophiotoma abbreviata
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