Lentigo pipus
| Lentigo pipus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Stromboidea |
| Family: | Strombidae |
| Genus: | Lentigo |
| Species: | L. pipus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lentigo pipus (Röding, 1798) | |
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Lentigo pipus, common name : the Elegant Conch, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 35 mm and 85 mm.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indo-West Pacific along the Mascarene Basin and the Philippines.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lentigo pipus (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Walls, J.G. (1980). Conchs, tibias and harps. A survey of the molluscan families Strombidae and Harpidae. T.F.H. Publications Ltd, Hong Kong