Lotoria grandimaculata

Lotoria grandimaculata
Lotoria grandimaculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Ranellidae
Subfamily: Cymatiinae
Genus: Lotoria
Species: L. grandimaculata
Binomial name
Lotoria grandimaculata
(Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Triton grandimaculata Reeve, 1844
  • Charonia grandimaculatus Reeve, 1844
  • Cymatium (Lotoria) grandimaculatum (Reeve, L.A., 1844)

Lotoria grandimaculata, common name : the large spotted triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.[1]

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Description

The shell size varies between 50 mm and 132 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along East Africa and also along the Philippines

References

  1. ^ a b Lotoria grandimaculata (Reeve, 1844). WoRMS (2010). Lotoria grandimaculata (Reeve, 1844). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476510 on 31 October 2010.

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