Lotoria grandimaculata

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

Lotoria grandimaculata
Lotoria grandimaculata (Reeve, 1844)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Lotoria
Species:
L. grandimaculata
Binomial name
Lotoria grandimaculata
(Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Triton grandimaculatum Reeve, 1844 (basionym)
  • Charonia grandimaculatus Reeve, 1844
  • Cymatium grandimaculatum (Reeve, 1844)
  • Cymatium (Lotoria) grandimaculatsm (Reeve, L.A., 1844)

Description

The shell size varies between 50 mm and 132 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off East Africa; also off the Philippines.

References
  1. Lotoria grandimaculata (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.
  • Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
  • "Cymatium (Lotoria) grandimaculatum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 31 October 2010.


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