Lotoria perryi
| Lotoria perryi | |
|---|---|
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| A shell of Lotoria perryi without the periostracum but with the operculum glued onto cotton in the aperture. Anterior end to the upper right | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Tonnoidea |
| Family: | Ranellidae |
| Subfamily: | Cymatiinae |
| Genus: | Lotoria |
| Species: | L. perryi |
| Binomial name | |
| Lotoria perryi (Emerson & Old, 1963) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
 Apetural view of Lotoria perryi (Emerson & Old, 1963) | |
Lotoria perryi is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.[1]
Distribution
This species of marine snail lives in the Indo-Pacific oceans.
References
- 1 2 Lotoria perryi (Emerson & Old, 1963). WoRMS (2010). Lotoria perryi (Emerson & Old, 1963). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476512 on 27 June 2010.
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