Lophiotoma abbreviata
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| Lophiotoma abbreviata | |
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| Lophiotoma abbreviata shell (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Turridae |
| Genus: | Lophiotoma |
| Species: | L. abbreviata |
| Binomial name | |
| Lophiotoma abbreviata (Reeve, 1843) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Lophiotoma abbreviata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
- Subspecies
- Lophiotoma abbreviata abbreviata (Reeve, 1843)
- Lophiotoma abbreviata lifuensis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1907)
- Lophiotoma abbreviata ustulata (Reeve, 1846)
The fusiform shell reaches a length of 35 mm and a diameter of 12–15 mm. The shell is rather stout, with a prominent shoulder keel, composed of two approximate ribs, and less prominent revolving ribs and lines below it, articulated with dark chestnut spots. The shell is above the keel concave, with a strong rounded sutural rib, marked by large dark chestnut spots.[2]
