Strombus (Canarium) marginatus marginatus
Linnaeus,
1758 (Sea Snail)
Organism information awaits expert curation
Organism information awaits expert curation
| Taxonomy | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Strombidae |
Description
Size: Upto 46 mm in height.
Color: White, maculated with dark or light brown, four white broken spiral bands on body whorl.
Shell ovately conical; spire short and depressed; apex sharp. Aperture narrow; columella polished and with white callus, faintly wrinkled below; outer lip thickened; its sharp edge ends posteriorly on keel of penultimate whorl, posterior canal arching on to spire, siphonal canal short; stromboid notch shallow; spire whorls sculptured with varices or axial ribs and sharply angular shoulder, last two whorls without any ribs but only a nodulose keel on the shoulder; body whorl with deeply incised sharp lines at its base.
Size: Upto 46 mm in height.
Color: White, maculated with dark or light brown, four white broken spiral bands on body whorl.
Shell ovately conical; spire short and depressed; apex sharp. Aperture narrow; columella polished and with white callus, faintly wrinkled below; outer lip thickened; its sharp edge ends posteriorly on keel of penultimate whorl, posterior canal arching on to spire, siphonal canal short; stromboid notch shallow; spire whorls sculptured with varices or axial ribs and sharply angular shoulder, last two whorls without any ribs but only a nodulose keel on the shoulder; body whorl with deeply incised sharp lines at its base.
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Economic Importance and Threats
Ecology
Biogeography
• Tamil Nadu INDIA
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andamans INDIA
• Tamil Nadu INDIA
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andamans INDIA
Literature Source(s)
- Subba Rao, NV (2003) Indian seashells Records of the Zoological Survey of India ZSI, Kolkata (Part 1) 416 pp Available at - NCL, Pune
- Society for the Management of European Biodiversity Data (2009) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available at - http://www.marinespecies.org
Page last updated on:2012-08-03
