Dolomena plicata

Dolomena plicata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Stromboidea
Family: Strombidae
Genus: Dolomena
Species: D. plicata
Binomial name
Dolomena plicata
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lambis plicata Röding, 1798 (basionym)
  • Strombus deformis Gray [in Griffith & Pidgeon], 1834
  • Strombus malekulensis Abrard, R., 1946
  • Strombus plicatus (Röding, 1798)
  • Strombus plicatus plicatus (Röding, 1798)
  • Strombus columba Lamarck, 1822

Dolomena plicata, common name the pigeon conch, is a species of medium-sized to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 45 mm and 77 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along East Africa.

References

  1. 1 2 Dolomena plicata (Röding, 1798) . WoRMS (2009). Dolomena plicata (Röding, 1798). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species on 28 March 2011.

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