Lotoria lotoria

Lotoria lotoria
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. lotoria
Binomial name
Lotoria lotoria
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]

Cymatium rhinoceros Röding, 1798
Murex lotoria Linnaeus, 1758
Triton distortum Lamarck, 1816

Lotoria lotoria is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Lotoria lotoria (Linnaeus, 1758). WoRMS (2010). Lotoria lotoria (Linnaeus, 1758). 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=476511 on 27 June 2010.

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