Lophiotoma polytropa

Lophiotoma polytropa
	Shell of Lophiotoma polytropa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Turridae
Genus:	Lophiotoma
Species:	L. polytropa
Binomial name
	Lophiotoma polytropa; (Helbling, 1779)
Synonyms[1]
	Lophiotoma (Lophioturris) polytropa Helbling, 1779; Lophioturris polytropus (Helbling, 1779); Murex (Fusus) polytropus Helbling, 1779 (basionym); Murex polytropus Helbling, 1779; Pleurotoma elegans Wood, W., 1828; not Blainville, 1829 or Scacchi, 1835 ; Pleurotoma fascialis Lamarck, 1822;

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 45 mm, its diameter 18 mm.

The shell is concavely shouldered, forming a somewhat muiltispiral spire, sharply ridged throughout, the two ridges forming the shoulder more prominent. The color of the shell is yellowish to brownish, the ridges dark chestnut. (described as Pleurotoma fascialis) [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines; the Moluccas and off New Caledonia.

References

Lophiotoma polytropa (Helbling, 1779). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

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[WoRMS-1] Lophiotoma polytropa (Helbling, 1779). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.

[2] G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.