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Lophiotoma hejingorum

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Lophiotoma hejingorum
Shell of Lophiotoma hejingorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Lophiotoma
Species:
L. hejingorum
Binomial name
Lophiotoma hejingorum
Stahlschmidt, Poppe & Tagaro, 2018

Lophiotoma hejingorum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 22 mm and 32.8 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Nocnocan Island, Bohol, the Philippines.

References

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  • Stahlschmidt P., Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S.P. (2018). Descriptions of remarkable new turrid species from the Philippines. Visaya. 5(1): 5-64. page(s): 34, pl. 27 figs 1-3.
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