Lophioturris indica

Lophioturris indica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Subfamily: Turrinae
Genus: Lophioturris
Species: L. indica
Binomial name
Lophioturris indica
(Deshayes, 1833)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lophiotoma indica (Röding, 1798)
  • Pleurotoma indica Deshayes, 1833
  • Turris indica Röding, 1798 (original combination)
  • Pleurotoma gendinganensis Martin, 1895
  • Lophiotoma marmorata Link, 1807
  • Lophiotoma neglecta Reeve, 1842

Lophioturris indica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

There is one subspecies : Lophiotoma indica queenslandica Olivera, 2004

Distribution

It is native to the Mascarene basin of the Indian Ocean.[1] The species now also occurs in the Mediterranean, having invaded as a Lessepsian migrant through the Suez Canal.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Lophiotoma indica (Röding, 1798).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Rodríguez, G.; Suárez, H. (2001). "Anthropogenic dispersal of decapod crustaceans in aquatic environments". Interciencia. 26 (7): 282–288. Archived from the original on 2012-12-25.


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