Lophiotoma acuta
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| Species: | L. acuta
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| Lophiotoma acuta (Perry, 1811)
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Lophiotoma acuta, commonly known as the marbled turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
There is one subspecies, Lophiotoma acuta jickelii
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 90 mm.
The fusiform shell is less carinated and has more rounded revolving ribs than other species in this genus. The sutures are characterized by large spots and smaller ones elsewhere, coalescing into longitudinal streaks.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean, and in the Indo-West Pacific along with the Philippines, Japan and Hong Kong.
References
- ^ a b Lophiotoma acuta (Perry, 1811). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 July 2011.
- ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology VI, p. 170; 1884
- Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp.
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