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| Species: | L. pipus
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| Lentigo pipus (
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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.
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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.