Mirabilistrombus listeri

Mirabilistrombus listeri
	Five views of a shell of Mirabilistrombus listeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Stromboidea
Family:	Strombidae
Genus:	Mirabilistrombus
Species:	M. listeri
Binomial name
	Mirabilistrombus listeri; (T. Gray, 1852)
Synonyms
	Strombus listeri T. Gray, 1852; Strombus mirabilis G.B. Sowerby II, 1870;

Mirabilistrombus listeri, common name the Lister's 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 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

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

^ ^a ^b Mirabilistrombus listeri (T. Gray, 1852). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.

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

External links

Gastropods.com : Mirabilistrombus listeri; accessed : 25 march 2011

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[WoRMS-1] Mirabilistrombus listeri (T. Gray, 1852). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.

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