Lophiotoma madagascarensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.
Description
The length of the shell attains 44.7 mm.
This mollusc is a type of sea snail that like snails on land has a shell it can retract back into. Distribution This marine species occurs off Madagascar.
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 Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002-2006. Census of Marine Life