Dolomena plicata

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]

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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. ^ a b Dolomena plicata (Röding, 1798) . WoRMS (2009). Dolomena plicata (Röding, 1798) . Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=564505 on 28 JMarch 2011.
  • Walls, J.G. (1980). Conchs, tibias and harps. A survey of the molluscan families Strombidae and Harpidae. T.F.H. Publications Ltd, Hong Kong

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