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 occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off East Africa; also off 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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