Lophiotoma verticala is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[2]

Lophiotoma verticala
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Lophiotoma
Species:
L. verticala
Binomial name
Lophiotoma verticala
Baoquan Li & Xinzheng Li, 2008[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 15.7 mm, its diameter 5.9 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the China Seas. [3]

References

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  1. ^ Baoquan Li & Xinzheng Li (2008). Zootaxa 1778 : 1–25. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  2. ^ a b Lophiotoma verticala Baoquan Li & Xinzheng Li, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  3. ^ Liu, J.Y. (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. pp. 1–1267.
  • Li B. [Baoquan] & Li X. [Xinzheng]. (2008). Report on the turrid genera Gemmula, Lophiotoma and Ptychosyrinx (Gastropoda: Turridae: Turrinae) from the China seas. Zootaxa. 1778: 1-25
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