Lophiotoma koolhoveni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

Lophiotoma koolhoveni
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Lophiotoma
Species:
L. koolhoveni
Binomial name
Lophiotoma koolhoveni
(Oostingh, 1938)
Synonyms
  • Gemmula (Unedogemmula) koolhoveni Powell, 1964
  • Turris (Gemmula) koolhoveni Oostingh, 1938

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 17.8 mm and 42.5 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Java, Indonesia; in the South China Sea. Fossils were found in Pliocene strata in Bantam, Java.

References

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  1. ^ BAOQUAN LI & XINZHENG LI, Report on the turrid genera Gemmula, Lophiotoma and Ptychosyrinx (Gastropoda: Turridae: Turrinae) from the China seas; Zootaxa 1778: 1–25 (2008)
  • Oostingh, C. H. "Mollusken als gidsfossielen voor het Neogeen in Nederlandsch-Indië." Handelingen van het achste Nederlandsch-Indisch Natuurwetenschap-pelijk Congres gehouden te, Soerabaja van. 1938.
  • Oostingh, C. H. Die Mollusken des Pliocäns von Süd-Bantam in Java. Afdeeling Geologie van den Dienst van den Mijnbouw, 1938.
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.