Dolomena plicata | |
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Original image of a shell of Dolomena plicata yerburyi (E. A. Smith, 1891) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Strombidae |
Genus: | Dolomena |
Species: | D. plicata
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Binomial name | |
Dolomena plicata (
Röding, 1798)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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]
The shell size varies between 45 mm and 77 mm.
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This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off East Africa.
Dolomena plicata | |
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Original image of a shell of Dolomena plicata yerburyi (E. A. Smith, 1891) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Strombidae |
Genus: | Dolomena |
Species: | D. plicata
|
Binomial name | |
Dolomena plicata (
Röding, 1798)
| |
Synonyms [1] | |
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]
The shell size varies between 45 mm and 77 mm.
This section needs expansion. You can help by
adding to it. (March 2011) |
This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off East Africa.