Dolomena plicata

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Dolomena plicata
Dolomena plicata yerburyi 001.jpg
Original image of a shell of Dolomena plicata yerburyi (E. A. Smith, 1891)
Scientific classification edit
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]
  • Lambis plicata Röding, 1798 (basionym)
  • Strombus deformis Gray [in Griffith & Pidgeon], 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.[1]

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.

Distribution[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ a b 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.

External links[]

  • "Dolomena plicata plicata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
  • Griffith, E. & Pidgeon, E. (1833-1834). The Mollusca and Radiata. Vol. 12, In: E. Griffith, [1824−1835, The Animal Kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, [...]. London: Whittaker and Co., viii + 601 pp., 61 pls. 1−138]


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