''Margistrombus marginatus'', common name: the Marginate Conch, is a
species
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of
sea snail, a
marine gastropod mollusk
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in the
family
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Strombidae
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, the
true conchs.
[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, at the southern tip of India
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and the Strait of Malacca
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.
References
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Strombidae
Gastropods described in 1758
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus