Lophiotoma bisaya
Lophiotoma bisaya is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[2]
Lophiotoma bisaya | |
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Shell of Lophiotoma bisaya | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Turridae |
Genus: | Lophiotoma |
Species: | L. bisaya |
Binomial name | |
Lophiotoma bisaya (Olivera, 2004[1] | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Gemmula (Unedogemmula) bisaya (Olivera, 2004) |
Description
The length of the shell varies between 40 mm and 75 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines.
References
- Olivera. 2004. Science Diliman, 16 (1) : 1–28. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 5 April 2010.
- Lophiotoma bisaya Olivera, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
External links
- Olivera, Baldomero. "Larger forms in Lophiotoma: four new species described in the Philippines and three from elsewhere in the Indo-Pacific." Science Diliman 16.1 (2004).
- Gastropods.com: Gemmula (Unedogemmula) bisaya
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