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Lophiotoma dickkilburni

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Lophiotoma dickkilburni
Shell of Lophiotoma dickkilburni (holotype 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. dickkilburni
Binomial name
Lophiotoma dickkilburni
Olivera, 2004
Synonyms[1]

Gemmula (Unedogemmula) dickkilburni (Olivera, 2004)

Lophiotoma dickkilburni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Natal, South Africa, Southern Mozambique and Southern India.

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