Lophiotoma kina
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lophiotoma kina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae. It was described in 2017 as part of an integrative-taxonomy revision of the genus Lophiotoma.[1]
| Lophiotoma kina | |
|---|---|
_001.jpeg) | |
| Shell of Lophiotoma kina(holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Turridae |
| Genus: | Lophiotoma |
| Species: | L. kina |
| Binomial name | |
| Lophiotoma kina | |
Lophiotoma kina was established by Puillandre, Kantor, Sysoev, Couloux & Bouchet (2017) during a multilocus phylogenetic study that redefined species limits within Lophiotoma. The species is listed under Turridae in subsequent taxonomic treatments.[2]
![[icon]](#/media/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg){kind=small}
