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Mirabilistrombus listeri

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Mirabilistrombus listeri
Five views of a shell of Mirabilistrombus listeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Strombidae
Genus: Mirabilistrombus
Species:
M. listeri
Binomial name
Mirabilistrombus listeri
(T. Gray, 1852)
Synonyms[1]
  • Strombus listeri T. Gray, 1852
  • Strombus mirabilis Sowerby II, 1870

Mirabilistrombus listeri, common name the Lister's snail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusken in the family Strombidae, the true snail.[1]

Description

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The shell size varies between 90 mm and 160 mm. When the animal is mature, the body whorl takes up over 50% of the shell's height. The pronounced projection at the end of the apertural lip is characteristic of the species (Dance, 2002).

Distribution

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This species is distributed in the Northwest Indian Ocean and the Andaman Sea. It is a deep-water species. Formerly very uncommon, its population has been increasing in recent years (Dance, 2002).

References

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  • Walls, J.G. (1980). Conchs, tibias and harps. A survey of the molluscan families Strombidae and Harpidae. T.F.H. Publications Ltd, Hong Kong
  • Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp. page(s): 65
  • Dance, S.P. (2002). Shells (Smithsonian Handbooks), 2nd ed. Doring Kindersley: New York. 256 pp. page: 59
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  • "Mirabilistrombus listeri". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 25 March 2011.