Biology:Lophiotoma pseudocosmoi

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Lophiotoma pseudocosmoi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Lophiotoma
Species:
L. pseudocosmoi
Binomial name
Lophiotoma pseudocosmoi
Baoquan Li & Xinzheng Li, 2008[1]

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

Description

The length of the shell is 17 mm and its diameter is 6.9 mm.

It is close in appearance to Gemmula cosmoi (Sykes, 1930), but differs by the peripheral carina and the height of its shell.

Distribution

This species occurs in the China Seas.

References

  • Li B. [Baoquan] & Li X. [Xinzheng]. (2008). Report on the turrid genera Gemmula, Lophiotoma and Ptychosyrinx (Gastropoda: Turridae: Turrinae) from the China seas. Zootaxa. 1778: 1-25
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3717736 entry