Lotoria grandimaculata
| Lotoria grandimaculata | |
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| Lotoria grandimaculata (Reeve, 1844) | |
| 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. grandimaculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Lotoria grandimaculata (Reeve, 1844) | |
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Lotoria grandimaculata, common name : the large spotted triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 50 mm and 132 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along East Africa and also along the Philippines
References
- 1 2 Lotoria grandimaculata (Reeve, 1844). WoRMS (2010). Lotoria grandimaculata (Reeve, 1844). 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=476510 on 31 October 2010.
- Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
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