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Dolomena plicata

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(Redirected from Strombus plicatus) Species of gastropod

Dolomena plicata
Original image of a shell of Dolomena plicata yerburyi (E. A. Smith, 1891)
Scientific classification Edit this 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
  • Lambis plicata Röding, 1798 (basionym)
  • Strombus deformis Gray , 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.

Subspecies
  • Dolomena plicata sibbaldi (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) (synonyms: Dolomena sibbaldi (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842); Strombus kieneri Issel & Tapparone Canefri, 1876; Strombus sibbaldi G. B. Sowerby II, 1842 (original combination) )
  • Dolomena plicata yerburyi (E. A. Smith, 1891) (synonym: Strombus yerburyi E. A. Smith, 1891 )

Description

The shell size varies between 45 mm and 77 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (March 2011)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off East Africa.

References

  1. ^ Dolomena plicata (Röding, 1798). WoRMS (2009). Dolomena plicata (Röding, 1798). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species on 28 March 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
  • Liverani V. (2014) The superfamily Stromboidea. Addenda and corrigenda. In: G.T. Poppe, K. Groh & C. Renker (eds), A conchological iconography. pp. 1–54, pls 131-164. Harxheim: Conchbooks.

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Taxon identifiers
Dolomena plicata
Lambis plicata


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