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[[File: Ranellidae - Cymatium lotorium.JPG|thumb|200px|left|Fossil shell of ''Lotoria |
[[File: Ranellidae - Cymatium lotorium.JPG|thumb|200px|left|Fossil shell of ''Lotoria lotoria'' from Pliocene of Italy]] |
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Fossils from this family date back to the [[Eocene]] (age range: from 55.8 to 0.012 million years ago).<ref>[http://fossilworks.org/?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=9721# ''Taxon 9721'']; Fossilworks</ref> |
Fossils from this family date back to the [[Eocene]] (age range: from 55.8 to 0.012 million years ago).<ref>[http://fossilworks.org/?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=9721# ''Taxon 9721'']; Fossilworks</ref> |
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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
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
- ^ WMSDB
- ^ 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 .
- ^ Taxon 9721; Fossilworks
- ^ Cymatium lotorium; on Jaxshells online
- ^ a b Gastropods
- ^ Discover life
- 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
- Conchology
- 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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