Lophiotoma madagascarensis
| Lophiotoma madagascarensis | |
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| Shell of Lophiotoma madagascarensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Turridae |
| Genus: | Lophiotoma |
| Species: | L. madagascarensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Lophiotoma madagascarensis Olivera, 2004
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Lophiotoma madagascarensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 44.7 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Madagascar.
References
- ^ a b Lophiotoma madagascarensis Olivera, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- Olivera. 2004. Larger forms in Lophiotoma defined: Four new species described from the Philippines and three from elsewhere in the Indo-Pacific. Science Diliman, 16 (1) : 1-28
- Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002-2006. Census of Marine Life
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