Lotoria grandimaculata

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Lotoria grandimaculata
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Lotoria grandimaculata (Reeve, 1844)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Lotoria
Species:
L. grandimaculata
Binomial name
Lotoria grandimaculata
(Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Triton grandimaculatum Reeve, 1844 (basionym)
  • Charonia grandimaculatus Reeve, 1844
  • Cymatium grandimaculatum (Reeve, 1844)
  • Cymatium (Lotoria) grandimaculatsm (Reeve, L.A., 1844)

Lotoria grandimaculata, common name : the large spotted triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[1]

Description[]

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The shell size varies between 50 mm and 132 mm

Distribution[]

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off East Africa; also off the Philippines.

References[]

  1. ^ a b Lotoria grandimaculata (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.
  • Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56

External links[]

  • "Cymatium (Lotoria) grandimaculatum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 31 October 2010.


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