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

Lophiotoma abbreviata
Lophiotoma abbreviata shell (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this 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[1]
  • Pleurotoma (Turris) abbreviata Reeve, 1843
  • Pleurotoma abbreviata Reeve, 1843
  • Turris abbreviata (Reeve, 1843)
Subspecies
  • Lophiotoma abbreviata abbreviata (Reeve, 1843)
  • Lophiotoma abbreviata lifuensis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1907)
  • Lophiotoma abbreviata ustulata (Reeve, 1846)

Description

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ a b Lophiotoma abbreviata (Reeve, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 July 2011.
  2. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology VI, p. 173; 1884
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
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  • "Lophiotoma (Lophiotoma) abbreviata abbreviata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
  • Reeve, L. A. (1843-1846). Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 1, pl. 1-40 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London
  • Puillandre N., Fedosov A.E., Zaharias P., Aznar-Cormano L. & Kantor Y.I. (2017). A quest for the lost types of Lophiotoma (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Turridae): integrative taxonomy in a nomenclatural mess. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 181: 243-271