Lophiotoma jickelii

Lophiotoma jickelii
	Shell of Lophiotoma jickelii (neotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Turridae
Genus:	Lophiotoma
Species:	L. jickelii
Binomial name
	Lophiotoma jickelii; (Weinkauff, 1875)
Synonyms
	Lophiotoma (Lophiotoma) jickelii (Weinkauff, 1875); Pleurotoma jickelii Weinkauff, 1875 (original combination);

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 39.4 mm, its diameter 13 mm.

The narrow fusiform shell is multicarinated. Its color is white. The shell is interspersed with quadrangular chestnut spots dotted along the length in undulated lines in revolving series; the spots are on the seam keel. The turreted spire contains 11 convex whorls with five keels and numerous fine stripes in between. The second keel is double in size and becomes the main keel. It protrudes strongly, making the whorls angular and gives them a stair-like appearance. The suture is simple. The aperture is ovate and whitish inside. The columella is straight. The siphonal canal is elongated, only slightly thickened at the beginning. The outer lip is sharp and slightly fissured, with a rather short incision at the anal sinus, ending in the doubled keel. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea

References

^ ^a ^b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lophiotoma jickelii (Weinkauff, 1875). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224075 on 2021-05-28
^ [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52483319 Weinkauff H.C., continued by Kobelt W. (1875-1887). Die Familie Pleurotomidae. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Vol. 4. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 248 pp., pls A, 1–42. [Weinkauff: Pp. 1-48, pls A, 1-11 (1875); 49-136, pls 12-30 (1876); Kobelt: 137-184, pls 31-36 (1886); 185-248, pls 37-42

External links

Puillandre N., Fedosov A.E., Zaharias P., Aznar-Cormano L. & Kantor Y.I. (2017). A quest for the lost types of Lophiotoma (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Turridae): integrative taxonomy in a nomenclatural mess. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 181: 243-271

[WoRMS-1] MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lophiotoma jickelii (Weinkauff, 1875). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224075 on 2021-05-28

[2] [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52483319 Weinkauff H.C., continued by Kobelt W. (1875-1887). Die Familie Pleurotomidae. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Vol. 4. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 248 pp., pls A, 1–42. [Weinkauff: Pp. 1-48, pls A, 1-11 (1875); 49-136, pls 12-30 (1876); Kobelt: 137-184, pls 31-36 (1886); 185-248, pls 37-42

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