Canarium urceus
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| Five views of a shell of Canarium urceus | |
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| Five views of a different form of Canarium urceus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Stromboidea |
| Family: | Strombidae |
| Genus: | Canarium |
| Species: | C. urceus |
| Binomial name | |
| Canarium urceus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Canarium urceus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]
Subspecies
There are two subspecies :
- Canarium urceus incisum (W. Wood, 1828)
- Canarium urceus urceus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonyms : Canarium ustulatum Schumacher, 1817; Strombus anatellus Duclos in Chenu, 1844; Strombus urceus orrae Abbott, 1960; Strombus ustulatus (Schumacher, 1817)
Description
The adult shell size varies between 20 mm and 70 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and Mozambique and in the western part of the Pacific Ocean along the New Hebrides.
References
- 1 2 Canarium urceus Linnaeus, 1758. Bouchet, P. (2010). Canarium urceus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532183 on 25 February 2011.
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
- Walls, J.G. (1980). Conchs, tibias and harps. A survey of the molluscan families Strombidae and Harpidae. T.F.H. Publications Ltd, Hong Kong
External links
- Gastropods.com : Canarium urceus urceus; accessed : 29 March 2011
- Gastropods.com : Canarium urceus incisus; accessed : 29 March 2011
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