Lophiotoma friedrichbonhoefferi explained

Lophiotoma friedrichbonhoefferi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 35 mm and 50 mm.

Members of the species are predators and are benthic.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

• Olivera. 2004. Larger forms in Lophiotoma defined: Four new species described from the Philippines and three from elsewhere in the Indo-Pacific. Science Diliman, 16 (1) : 1-28