Lentigo (gastropod)
Appearance
Lentigo | |
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Five views of a shell of the silver conch, Lentigo lentiginosus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Strombidae |
Genus: | Lentigo Jousseaume, 1886 |
Type species | |
Strombus lentiginosus |
Lentigo is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Lentigo include:
- Lentigo lentiginosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Lentigo pipus (Röding, 1798)
References
[edit]- ^ Lentigo Jousseaume, 1886. WoRMS (2009). Lentigo . Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531664 on 25 March 2011 .