''Lotoria triangularis'' is a
species
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of
predatory
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sea snail
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, a
marine
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gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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in the
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Cymatiidae
Cymatiidae is a family of large sea snails in the superfamily Tonnoidea and the order Littorinimorpha. Members of this family are predators.
Genera
The family Cymatiidae contains the following genera:
* '' Argobuccinum'' Herrmannsen, 1846
* '' ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Lotoria triangularis (Perry, 1811). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1332344 on 2023-07-27]
Description
The length of the shell attains 142 mm.
Distribution
This species of marine snail lives in the
Indo-Pacific
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oceans, mainly off
India
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,
Sri Lanka
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and in the
Andaman Sea
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.
References
* Parth, M. (2017). Seashells and Chinese snuff bottles. The collection Manfred Parth. München: Verlag Dr Friedrich Pfeil. 288 pp.
External links
Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls Emerson W.K. & Old W.E. (1963). A new subgenus and species of Cymatium (Mollusca, Gastropoda). American Museum Novitates. 2137: 1-13(archived)
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Cymatiidae
Gastropods described in 1963
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