Lotoria lotoria

Lotoria lotoria, common name the black-spotted snail or washing bath triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a tropical marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cymatiidae. This species was previously known as Cymatium lotorium.[2]

Lotoria lotoria
Temporal range: Eocene - Recent
A shell of Lotoria lotoria with the periostracum removed
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Lotoria
Species:
L. lotoria
Binomial name
Lotoria lotoria
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Cymatium (Lotoria) lotorium (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Cymatium lotorium (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Cymatium rhinoceros P.F. Röding, 1798[1]
  • Murex lotorium Linnaeus, 1758
  • Triton distortum Lamarck, 1816

Fossil records

Fossil shell of Lotoria lotoria from Pliocene of Italy

Fossils from this family date back to the Eocene (age range: from 55.8 to 0.012 million years ago).[3]

Description

Shells of Lotoria lotoria can reach a size of 90–160 millimetres (3.5–6.3 in).[4][5]

Distribution

This species of marine snail lives in the tropical Indo-Pacific oceans.[5][6]

Habitat

Lotoria lotoria is quite common in coral reefs in Australia and the Indian Ocean.

References

  1. WMSDB
  2. Lotoria lotoria (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.
  3. Taxon 9721; Fossilworks
  4. Cymatium lotorium; on Jaxshells online
  5. "Lotoria lotoria". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  6. Discover life
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