Lotoria perryi

Lotoria perryi
A shell of Lotoria perryi without the periostracum but with the operculum glued onto cotton in the aperture. Anterior end to the upper right
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. perryi
Binomial name
Lotoria perryi
(Emerson & Old, 1963)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cymatium (Lotoria) perryi Emerson & Old, 1963
  • Septa triangularis Perry, 1811
Apetural view of Lotoria perryi (Emerson & Old, 1963)

Lotoria perryi is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.[1]

Distribution

This species of marine snail lives in the Indo-Pacific oceans.

References

  1. 1 2 Lotoria perryi (Emerson & Old, 1963). WoRMS (2010). Lotoria perryi (Emerson & Old, 1963). 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=476512 on 27 June 2010.

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