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