Lophiotoma friedrichbonhoefferi
Lophiotoma friedrichbonhoefferi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[2]
| Lophiotoma friedrichbonhoefferi | |
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| Shell of Lophiotoma friedrichbonhoefferi (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. friedrichbonhoefferi |
| Binomial name | |
| Lophiotoma friedrichbonhoefferi Olivera, 2004[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Gemmula (Unedogemmula) friedrichbonhoefferi (Olivera, 2004) | |
Description
The length of the shell varies between 35 mm and 50 mm.
Members of the species are predators and are benthic.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines.
References
- Olivera. 2004. Science Diliman, 16 (1) : 1–28. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 5 April 2010.
- Lophiotoma friedrichbonhoefferi Olivera, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- Olivera. 2004. Larger forms in Lophiotoma defined: Four new species described from the Philippines and three from elsewhere in the Indo-Pacific. Science Diliman, 16 (1) : 1-28
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