Lambis millepeda

Lambis millepeda
Five views of a shell of Lambis millepeda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Stromboidea
Family: Strombidae
Genus: Lambis
Species: L. millepeda
Binomial name
Lambis millepeda
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pterocera millipeda (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Strombus millepeda Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym)

Lambis millepeda, common name the millipede spider conch, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 90 mm and 150 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and in the Southwest Pacific Ocean.

References

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