Lophiotoma semfala
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| image_caption = Shell of Lophiotoma semfala (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
| authority = Puillandre, Fedosov, Zaharias, Aznar-Cormano & Kantor, 2017
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Lophiotoma semfala is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lophiotoma kina Puillandre, Fedosov, Zaharias, Aznar-Cormano & Kantor, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1000337 on 2021-05-26
Description
The length of the shell attains 35.7 mm. The shell is a pale yellow in color with brown dots lining the shell. The shape of the shell is very slender especially at the bottom where the animal is
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Distribution
This marine species occurs off Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea.
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External links
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- [https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx012 Puillandre N., Fedosov A.E., Zaharias P., Aznar-Cormano L. & Kantor Y.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: 243-271]
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Category:Gastropods described in 2017
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