Lotoria triangularis

Lotoria triangularis is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.^[1]

Lotoria triangularis
A shell of Lotoria triangularis without the periostracum but with the operculum glued onto cotton in the aperture. Anterior end to the upper right
Apertural view of Lotoria triangularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Tonnoidea
Family:	Cymatiidae
Genus:	Lotoria
Species:	L. triangularis
Binomial name
Lotoria triangularis (Emerson & Old, 1963)
Synonyms[1]
Cymatium (Lotoria) perryi Emerson & Old, 1963 Lotoria perryi (W. K. Emerson & Old, 1963) Septa triangularis Perry, 1811

Description

The length of the shell attains 142 mm.

Distribution

This species of marine snail lives in the Indo-Pacific oceans, mainly off India, Sri Lanka and in the Andaman Sea.