Biology:Lotoria
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Short description: Genus of gastropods
| Lotoria | |
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| Lotoria grandimaculata shell | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cymatiidae |
| Genus: | Lotoria Emerson & Old, 1963[1] |
| Type species | |
| Lotoria perryi (Emerson & Old, 1963) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Cymatium (Lotoria) Emerson & Old, 1963 | |
Lotoria is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cymatiidae.[2]
Description
The triangular whorls are coronated. The aperture is longer than the spire. The outer lip is dentated internally.[3]
Distribution
This genus occurs in the Indo-West Pacific and off the Philippines , Papua New Guinea, the Marquesas Islands and Australia (Queensland)
Species
Species within the genus Lotoria include:
- Lotoria armata (G.B. Sowerby III, 1897)[4]
- Lotoria grandimaculata (Reeve, 1844)[5]
- Lotoria lotoria (Linnaeus, 1758)[6]
- Lotoria triangularis (Perry, 1811)
- Synonyms
- Lotoria perryi (Emerson & Old, 1963):[7] synonym of Lotoria triangularis (Perry, 1811)
References
- ↑ Emerson & Old (1963). Am. Mus. Novit. No. 2137: 4.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lotoria Emerson & Old, 1963. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 December 2018.
- ↑ Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
- ↑ Lotoria armata (G.B. Sowerby III, 1897). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
- ↑ Lotoria grandimaculata (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
- ↑ Lotoria lotoria (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
- ↑ Lotoria perryi (Emerson & Old, 1963). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
- Henning, T. & Hemmen, J. 1993. Ranellidae and Personidae of the World. Wiesbaden, Germany : V.C. Hemmen 263 pp.
- Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.
- Beu, A.G. 1998. Indo-West Pacific Ranellidae, Bursidae and Personidae. A monograph of the New Caledonian fauna, with revisions of related taxa. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris
- Beu, A.G., Bouchet, P. & Tröndlé, J. 2012. Tonnoidean gastropods of French Polynesia. Molluscan Research 32(2): 61-120
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q6684827 entry
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