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Lophiotoma
Sign in to saveLophiotoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyTurridae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 468
- With media
- 151
- Family
- Turridae
- Collections
- UWBM, USNM, CAS, UCMP, NMV
- Recorded in
- Fiji, Philippines, Marshall Islands, South Africa, United States, Solomon Islands, Australia, Indonesia
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- Lophiotoma olangoensis 001.jpg
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Lophiotoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.
Fossils of this genus have been found in many places in the Indo-Pacific, but also going as far back as 61.7 Ma in paleocene strata of Alabama, USA.
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