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Lotoria is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cymatiidae.




Description


The triangular whorls are coronated. The aperture is longer than the spire. The outer lip is dentated internally.




Distribution


This genus occurs in the Indo-West Pacific and off the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, the Marquesas Islands and Australia (Queensland)




Species


Species within the genus Lotoria include:

Lotoria armata (G.B. Sowerby III, 1897)
Lotoria grandimaculata (Reeve, 1844)
Lotoria lotoria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lotoria triangularis (Perry, 1811)
Synonyms

Lotoria perryi (Emerson & Old, 1963): synonym of Lotoria triangularis (Perry, 1811)




References



Henning, T. & Hemmen, J. 1993. Ranellidae and Personidae of the World. Wiesbaden, Germany : V.C. Hemmen 263 pp.
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.
Beu, A.G. 1998. Indo-West Pacific Ranellidae, Bursidae and Personidae. A monograph of the New Caledonian fauna, with revisions of related taxa. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris
Beu, A.G., Bouchet, P. & Tröndlé, J. 2012. Tonnoidean gastropods of French Polynesia. Molluscan Research 32(2): 61-120




External links



Emerson W.K. & Old W.E. (1963). A new subgenus and species of Cymatium (Mollusca, Gastropoda). American Museum Novitates. 2137: 1-13.

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Lotoria
• Lotoria lotoria
• Lotoria armata
• Lotoria grandimaculata
• Lotoria triangularis
• Cymatium (gastropod)
• Charonia
• Vermes in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae
• Septa (gastropod)
• Cymatiidae