Lambis scorpius

Lambis scorpius
	A shell of Lambis scorpius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Stromboidea
Family:	Strombidae
Genus:	Lambis
Species:	L. scorpius
Binomial name
	Lambis scorpius; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Lambis (Millepes) scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758); Lambis (Millepes) scorpius scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758); Lambis scorpius scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758)· accepted, alternate representation; Pterocera nodosa Lamarck, 1816; Pterocera scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758); Strombus scorpius Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym);

Lambis scorpius, common name the scorpion conch or scorpion spider conch, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.^[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 95 mm and 220 mm.

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Chagos, Madagascar and Tanzania; in the Western Pacific and off the Philippines.

^ ^a ^b Bouchet, P. (2011). Lambis scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211089 on 2011-04-23

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