Dolomena variabilis

Dolomena variabilis
	Five views of a shell of Dolomena variabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Stromboidea
Family:	Strombidae
Genus:	Dolomena
Species:	D. variabilis
Binomial name
	Dolomena variabilis; (Swainson, 1820)
Synonyms
	Strombus (Dolomena) variabilis; Strombus (Dolomena) variabilis var. palauensis Romagna-Manoja, 1974 (unavailable name under Art. 15.1 and 15.2 of the ICZN); Strombus athenius Duclos, 1844; Strombus lituratus Menke, 1829 (dubious synonym); Strombus variabilis Swainson, 1820 (basionym);

Dolomena variabilis, common name : the Variable Conch, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 25 mm and 60 mm.

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines, Samoa, Indonesia and Northeast Australia.

^ ^a ^b Dolomena variabilis(Swainson, 1820). WoRMS (2010). Dolomena variabilis (Swainson, 1820). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=564515 on 29 March 2011 .

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