Lophiotoma natalensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
Lophiotoma natalensis | |
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Shell of Lophiotoma natalensis (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. natalensis
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Binomial name | |
Lophiotoma natalensis Bozzetti, 2016
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 32.8 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lophiotoma natalensis Bozzetti, 2016. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=893199 on 2021-05-29
- Bozzetti L. (2016). Lophiotoma natalensis (Gastropoda: Hypsogastropoda: Turridae) nuova specie del Natal Meridionale. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 92: 9-10