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
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Conoidea
Family:
Turridae
Subfamily:
Turrinae
Genus:
Lophiotoma
Species:
L. friedrichbonhoefferi
Binomial name
Lophiotoma friedrichbonhoefferi
Olivera, 2004[1]

Description

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

Distribution

The species is found in the Indo-Pacific.[2]

References
  1. Olivera. 2004. Science Diliman, 16 (1) : 1–28. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  2. Lophiotoma friedrichbonhoefferi Olivera, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.


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