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Lophiotoma acuta

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Taxonomy
Pleurotoma acuta was named by Perry (1811). It is extant. It is the type species of Lophiotoma.

It was recombined as Lophiotoma acuta by Puillandre et al. (2017), Kantor et al. (2024).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. carthausi, L. gendinganensis, L. leucotropis, L. leuctropis, L. marmorata, L. eniwetokensis, L. gendinganensis, L. leucotropsis, L. leucotropis
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2026-05-23; modified by M. Clapham on 2026-05-23

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1811Pleurotoma acuta Perry
1822Pleurotoma tigrina Lamarck
1907Pleurotoma tigrina Schepman p. 158
2017Lophiotoma acuta Puillandre et al. p. 252 fig. 4
2024Lophiotoma acuta Kantor et al. p. 11 figs. 5J, 7A

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurridaeSwainson 1840
genusLophiotomaCasey 1904
speciesacuta(Perry 1811)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Lophiotoma acuta Perry 1811
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Invalid names: Pleurotoma tigrina Lamarck 1822 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:09:25
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:09:25
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 11.63000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Vanuatu Lophiotoma acuta (77903)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Philippines (Tayabas) Lophiotoma acuta (41523)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Vanuatu Pleurotoma tigrina (77904)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Guam Lophiotoma acuta (77937)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Vanuatu Lophiotoma acuta (78052)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Indonesia Pleurotoma tigrina (278851)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vanuatu Lophiotoma acuta (78043)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Lophiotoma acuta (192720)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya Lophiotoma acuta (81099)