Lophiotoma friedrichbonhoefferi

Lophiotoma friedrichbonhoefferi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[2]

Lophiotoma friedrichbonhoefferi
Shell of Lophiotoma friedrichbonhoefferi (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Lophiotoma
Species:
L. friedrichbonhoefferi
Binomial name
Lophiotoma friedrichbonhoefferi
Olivera, 2004[1]
Synonyms[2]

Gemmula (Unedogemmula) friedrichbonhoefferi (Olivera, 2004)

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 35 mm and 50 mm.

Members of the species are predators and are benthic.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

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  • 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