Lophiotoma leucotropis

Lophiotoma leucotropis, common name the light-wine turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

Lophiotoma leucotropis
Shell of Lophiotoma leucotropis (specimen at Naturalis, Leiden)
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. leucotropis
Binomial name
Lophiotoma leucotropis
(A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lophioturris leucotropis (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
  • Pleurotoma leucotropis A. Adams & Reeve, 1850 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 35 mm and 75 mm.

The fusiform shell is slightly swollen in the middle. It contains 11 whorls with fine striae. The whorls are concave above and acutely carinated. The lower part of the body whorl is bicarinate and has a wide sinus. This species is distinguished by the broad slanting concavity round the upper part of the whorls, and its prominent central keel. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines; in the Yellow Sea, East China Sea and South China Sea; and off and Japan.

References

  • Knudsen J. (1992). Preliminary list of common marine prosobranch gastropods (Mollusca) from Hoi Ha Wan. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the Fourth International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China. The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China III. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 2: pp 919-921
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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