Lotoria lotoria

Lotoria lotoria Temporal range: Eocene - Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
A shell of Lotoria lotoria with the periostracum removed
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cymatiidae
Genus:	Lotoria
Species:	L. lotoria
Binomial name
Lotoria lotoria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Cymatium (Lotoria) lotorium (Linnaeus, 1758) Cymatium lotorium (Linnaeus, 1758) Cymatium rhinoceros P.F. Röding, 1798[1] Murex lotorium Linnaeus, 1758 Triton distortum Lamarck, 1816

Lotoria lotoria, common name the black-spotted snail or washing bath triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a tropical marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cymatiidae. This species was previously known as Cymatium lotorium.^[2]

Fossil records[]

Fossil shell of Lotoria lotoria from Pliocene of Italy

Fossils from this family date back to the Eocene (age range: from 55.8 to 0.012 million years ago).^[3]

Description[]

Shells of Lotoria lotoria can reach a size of 90–160 millimetres (3.5–6.3 in).^[4][5]

Distribution[]

This species of marine snail lives in the tropical Indo-Pacific oceans.^[5][6]

Habitat[]

Lotoria lotoria is quite common in coral reefs in Australia and the Indian Ocean.

References[]

• Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp
• Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp
• Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp

External links[]

• Conchology
• Emerson W.K. & Old W.E. (1963). A new subgenus and species of Cymatium (Mollusca, Gastropoda). American Museum Novitates. 2137: 1–13

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