Lotoria armata is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.
Description
The shell has short spines surrounding it. The length of the shell attains 72 mm, its maximum diameter 42 mm. Distribution This marine species occurs off New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji and Australia (Queensland). In shallow water up to 20m deep.
References
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. Arthur, A.R. 1983. Notes on Cymatium armatum (Sowerby III). La Conchiglia 1983(Sep-Oct): 5 Henning, T. & Hemmen, J. 1993. Ranellidae and Personidae of the World. Wiesbaden, Germany : V.C. Hemmen 263 pp. Beu A.G. 1998. Indo-West Pacific Ranellidae, Bursidae and Personidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). A monograph of the New Caledonian fauna and revisions of related taxa. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 178: 1-255 Beu, A.G., Bouchet, P. & Tröndlé, J. 2012. Tonnoidean gastropods of French Polynesia. Molluscan Research 32(2): 61-120
External links Sowerby, G. B. III. (1897). On three new shells from the collection of Mr. B.C. Thomas, of Brest. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 2(4): 137-138, pl. 11 Biolib.cz: image