''Margistrombus marginatus'', common name: the Marginate Conch, is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Strombidae, the
true conch
Strombidae, commonly known as the true conchs, is a taxonomic family of medium-sized to very large sea snails in the superfamily Stromboidea, and the Epifamily Neostromboidae. The term true conchs, being a common name, does not have an exact mea ...
s.
[Bouchet, P. (2011). Margistrombus marginatus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=564731 on 2011-03-26]
Subspecies
* ''Margistrombus marginatus sowerbyorum'' Visser & Man In’t Veld, 2005
[Chim C. K., Neo M. L. & Loh K. S. (2009). "The status in Singapore of ''Strombus'' (''Dolomena'') ''marginatus sowerbyorum'' Visser & Man In’t Veld, 2005 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Strombidae)". ''Nature in Singapore']
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* ''Margistrombus marginatus succincta'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
Description
The shell size varies between 40 mm and 75 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Andaman Sea
The Andaman Sea (historically also known as the Burma Sea) is a marginal sea of the northeastern Indian Ocean bounded by the coastlines of Myanmar and Thailand along the Gulf of Martaban and west side of the Malay Peninsula, and separated from ...
, at the southern tip of India and the Strait of Malacca.
References
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Strombidae
Gastropods described in 1758
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus