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Persian horse conch

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Persian horse conch
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda

clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Fasciolariidae
Genus:
Pleuroploca
Species:
P. persica
Binomial name
Pleuroploca persica
Reeve, 1847

The Persian horse conch, Pleuroploca persica, is a species of very large predatory sea snail with an operculum. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fasciolariidae, which includes the spindle shells, the tulip shells and other allied genera.

Distribution

This species is found in Sri Lanka, in the Indian Ocean. [1]

References

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