Lophiotoma kina
Lophiotoma kina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae. It was described in 2017 as part of an integrative-taxonomy revision of the genus Lophiotoma.[1]
| Lophiotoma kina | |
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| Shell of Lophiotoma kina(holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Turridae |
| Genus: | Lophiotoma |
| Species: | L. kina
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| Binomial name | |
| Lophiotoma kina Puillandre, Fedosov, Zaharias, Aznar-Cormano & Kantor, 2017
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Taxonomy
Lophiotoma kina was established by Puillandre, Kantor, Sysoev, Couloux & Bouchet (2017) during a multilocus phylogenetic study that redefined species limits within Lophiotoma. The species is listed under Turridae in subsequent taxonomic treatments.[2]
Description
Shell morphology follows the elongate-fusiform Lophiotoma habit with an elevated spire and siphonal canal, as diagnosed for the genus in the original revision. A detailed species-level description (including sculpture and protoconch characters) is provided in the type paper.[1]
Distribution
Lophiotoma kina has been reported from the tropical western Pacific, including waters off Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu.[1]
References
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- Puillandre, Nicolas; Fedosov, Alexander E.; Zaharias, Paul; Aznar-Cormano, Laetitia; Kantor, Yuri I. (2017). "A quest for the lost types of Lophiotoma (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Turridae): Integrative taxonomy in a nomenclatural mess". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 181 (2): 243–271. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx012.
- Kantor, Yuri; Bouchet, Philippe; Fedosov, Alexander; Puillandre, Nicolas; Zaharias, Paul (2024). "Generic revision of the Recent Turridae (Neogastropoda: Conoidea)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 90 (5) eyae032. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyae032.
- ^ a b "Lophiotoma kina". World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). MolluscaBase. Retrieved 27 September 2025.