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

Lophiotoma polytropa
Shell of Lophiotoma polytropa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Lophiotoma
Species:
L. polytropa
Binomial name
Lophiotoma polytropa
(Helbling, 1779)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lophiotoma (Lophioturris) polytropa Helbling, 1779
  • Lophioturris polytropus (Helbling, 1779)
  • Murex (Fusus) polytropus Helbling, 1779 (basionym)
  • Murex polytropus Helbling, 1779
  • Pleurotoma elegans Wood, W., 1828; not Blainville, 1829 or Scacchi, 1835
  • Pleurotoma fascialis Lamarck, 1822

Description

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The length of the shell attains 45 mm, its diameter 18 mm.[citation needed]

The shell is concavely shouldered, forming a somewhat muiltispiral spire, sharply ridged throughout, the two ridges forming the shoulder more prominent. The color of the shell is yellowish to brownish, the ridges dark chestnut. (described as Pleurotoma fascialis)[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Philippines; the Moluccas and off New Caledonia.[citation needed]

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