Lotoria grandimaculata

Lotoria grandimaculata
Lotoria grandimaculata (Reeve, 1844)
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 grandimaculatum Reeve, 1844 (basionym)
  • Charonia grandimaculatus Reeve, 1844
  • Cymatium grandimaculatum (Reeve, 1844)
  • Cymatium (Lotoria) grandimaculatsm (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]

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. 1 2 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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