Lophiotoma brevicaudata

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

Lophiotoma brevicaudata
Shell of Lophiotoma brevicaudata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Lophiotoma
Species:
L. brevicaudata
Binomial name
Lophiotoma brevicaudata
((Reeve, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lophiotoma (Lophiotoma) brevicaudata (Reeve, 1843)
  • Pleurotoma (Surcula) brevicaudata Reeve, 1843
  • Turris brevicaudata (Reeve, 1843)
  • Turris (Surcula) brevicaudata (Reeve, 1843)

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 16 mm and 24 mm.

The shell is concavely shouldered, forming a somewhat multispiral spire, sharply ridged throughout. The two ridges form the shoulder more prominent ; yellowish to brownish. The ridges are dark chestnut. [2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea, Queensland, Australia and the Philippines.

References

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  • Adams, H. & Adams, A. 1853. The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 1(Parts I-VIII) pp. 1-256, pls 1-32
  • Macandrew, R. 1870. Report on the testaceous Mollusca obtained during a dredging excursion in the Gulf of Suez in the months of February and March 1869. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 6: 429-450
  • Brazier, J. 1876. A list of the Pleurotomidae collected during the Chevert expedition, with the description of the new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1: 151–162
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