Lophiotoma capricornica

Lophiotoma capricornica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

Lophiotoma capricornica
Shell of Lophiotoma capricornica (holotype 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. capricornica
Binomial name
Lophiotoma capricornica
Olivera, 2004

Description

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The length of the shell attains 54.3 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Queensland, Australia

References

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  • 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.