Pugilina cochlidium

Pugilina cochlidium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Melongenidae
Genus: Pugilina
Species: P. cochlidium
Binomial name
Pugilina cochlidium
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms.[1]
  • Murex cochlidium Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym)
  • Murex pugilinus Born, 1778
  • Murex vespertilio Gmelin, 1791
  • Pugilina pugilina (Born, 1778)
  • Pyrula bucephala Lamarck, 1822
  • Pyrula cochlidium (Linnaeus, 1758) (previous combination)
  • Pyrula cochlidium var. coronata Kobelt, 1874
  • Pyrula fulva Deshayes, 1832
  • Semifusus carnarius (Röding, 1798)
  • Semifusus carnarius var. laevis C. Bayer, 1952
  • Semifusus cochlidium (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Semifusus cochlidium diademata C. Bayer, 1952

Pugilina cochlidium, common name the spiral melongena, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.[1]

Description

The size of the adult shell varies between 60 mm and 150 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along Southern India, in the Pacific Ocean around the Philippines and in Northern Australia.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pugilina cochlidium (Linnaeus, 1758) .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 April 2011.

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