Lophiotoma pseudoannulata


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

Lophiotoma pseudoannulata
Shell of Lophiotoma pseudoannulata (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
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. pseudoannulata
Binomial name
Lophiotoma pseudoannulata
Dell, 1990

Description

The length of the shell attains 20 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Ross Sea, Antarctica at a depth of 1890 m.

References

  • Dell, R. K. (1990). Antarctic Mollusca with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Wellington 27: 1–311
  • Engl, W. (2012). Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.


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