Canarium labiatum

Canarium labiatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Stromboidea
Family: Strombidae
Genus: Canarium
Species: C. labiatum
Binomial name
Canarium labiatum
Röding, 1798
Synonyms[1]
  • Canarium otiolum Iredale, 1931
  • Lambis labiata Röding, 1798 (basionym)
  • Lambis reticulata Link, 1807 (uncertain synonym)
  • Strombus corrugatus Adams, A. & L.A. Reeve, 1850
  • Strombus labiatus (Röding, 1798)
  • Strombus plicatus Lamarck, 1816

Canarium labiatum , common name : the Samar Conch, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]

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Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 50 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos and Tanzania; in the Western Pacific along Southeast Australia.

References

  1. ^ a b Canarium labiatum Röding, 1798. Bouchet, P. (2010). Canarium labiatum (Röding, 1798). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532168 on 13 February 2011.

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