Lentigo pipus

Lentigo pipus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Stromboidea
Family:	Strombidae
Genus:	Lentigo
Species:	L. pipus
Binomial name
	Lentigo pipus; (Röding, 1798)
Synonyms
	Lambis pipus Röding, 1798 (basionym); Strombus adustus Reeve, 1851; Strombus exustus Swainson, 1822; Strombus papilio Dillwyn, 1817; Strombus pipus Röding, 1798;

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Lentigo pipus, common name : the Elegant Conch, is a species of Conch sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 35 mm and 85 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indo-West Pacific along the Mascarene Basin and the Philippines.

References

^ ^a ^b Lentigo pipus (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.

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

"Lentigo pipus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 28 March 2011.

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[WoRMS-1] Lentigo pipus (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.

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