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* ''Cymatium cynophalus'' J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1816
* ''Cymatium (Lotoria) lotorium'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
* ''Cymatium distortum'' J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1816
* ''Cymatium lotorium'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
* ''Cymatium rhinoceros'' P.F. Röding, 1798<ref>[http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/HtmSpecies/1710300165.htm WMSDB]</ref>
* ''Cymatium rhinoceros'' <small>P.F. Röding, 1798</small><ref>[http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/HtmSpecies/1710300165.htm WMSDB]</ref>
* ''Murex lotoria'' Linnaeus, 1758
* ''Murex lotorium'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small>
* ''Triton distortum'' Lamarck, 1816
* ''Triton distortum'' <small>Lamarck, 1816</small>
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==References==
==References==
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* [http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/3/mode/1up Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp]
* Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). ''Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice''. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp
* Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). ''Checklist of marine biota of China seas''. China Science Press. 1267 pp


==External links==
==External links==
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* [http://www.conchology.be/?t=66&species=Cymatium+lotorium Conchology]
* [http://www.conchology.be/?t=66&species=Cymatium+lotorium Conchology]
* [http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/4423 Emerson W.K. & Old W.E. (1963). A new subgenus and species of Cymatium (Mollusca, Gastropoda). American Museum Novitates. 2137: 1-13]


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Lotoria lotoria
Temporal range: Eocene - Recent
A shell of Lotoria lotoria with the periostracum removed
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L. lotorium
Binomial name
Lotoria lotoria
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Cymatium (Lotoria) lotorium (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Cymatium lotorium (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Cymatium rhinoceros P.F. Röding, 1798[1]
  • Murex lotorium Linnaeus, 1758
  • Triton distortum Lamarck, 1816

Lotoria lotoria, common name the black-spotted snail or washing bath triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a tropical marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells, or tritons. This species was previously known as Cymatium lotorium.[2]

Fossil records

Fossil shell of Lotoria lotorium from Pliocene of Italy

Fossils from this family date back to the Eocene (age range: from 55.8 to 0.012 million years ago).[3]

Description

Shells of Lotoria lotoria can reach a size of 90–160 millimetres (3.5–6.3 in).[4][5]

Distribution

This species of marine snail lives in the tropical Indo-Pacific oceans.[5][6]

Habitat

Lotoria lotoria is quite common in coral reefs in Australia and the Indian Ocean.

References

  1. ^ WMSDB
  2. ^ Lotoria lotoria (Linnaeus, 1758). WoRMS (2010). Lotoria lotoria (Linnaeus, 1758). 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=476511 on 27 June 2010 .
  3. ^ Taxon 9721; Fossilworks
  4. ^ Cymatium lotorium; on Jaxshells online
  5. ^ a b Gastropods
  6. ^ Discover life

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