Lophiotoma abbreviata

Lophiotoma abbreviata
	Lophiotoma abbreviata shell (specimen 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. 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.^[1]

Subspecies

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

Description[edit]

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.^[2]

Distribution[edit]

This marine species occurs along the Mascarene basin and the Philippines.^{[citation needed]}

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Lophiotoma abbreviata (Reeve, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 July 2011.
^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology VI, p. 173; 1884

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

External links[edit]

[WoRMS-1] Lophiotoma abbreviata (Reeve, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 July 2011.

[Tryon-2] George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology VI, p. 173; 1884

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