Tridentarius dentatus, common name : the Toothed Conch, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]
Tridentarius dentatus | |
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Tridentarius dentatus shell | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Stromboidea |
Family: | Strombidae |
Genus: | Tridentarius |
Species: | T. dentatus |
Binomial name | |
Tridentarius dentatus | |
Synonyms | |
Distribution
editThis species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, the Comores, Djibouti, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean in Polynesia and along Hawaii.
Description
editThe shell size varies between 19 mm and 65 mm.
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References
edit- ^ Tridentarius dentatus Linnaeus, 1758. Bouchet, P. (2010). Tridentarius dentatus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531859 on 6 February 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
External links
edit- "Tridentarius dentatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
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