Lotoria lotoria
Lotoria lotoria, common name the black-spotted snail or washing bath triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a tropical marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cymatiidae. This species was previously known as "Cymatium lotorium". Fossil records. Fossils from this family date back to the Eocene (age range: from 55.8 to 0.012 million years ago). Description. Shells of "Lotoria lotoria" can reach a size of . Distribution. This species of marine snail lives in the tropical Indo-Pacific oceans. Habitat. "Lotoria lotoria" is quite common in coral reefs in Australia and the Indian Ocean.