Lobatus costatus
| Lobatus costatus | |
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| Colored drawings of a shell of Aliger costatus from Kiener, 1843 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Strombidae |
| Genus: | Lobatus |
| Species: | L. costatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lobatus costatus (Gmelin, 1791) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Lobatus costatus, commonly known as the milk conch, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea; the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to East Brazil.
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 231 mm.[2]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 2 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 55 m.[2]
References
- 1 2 Lobatus costatus (Gmelin, 1791). WoRMS (2010). Lobatus costatus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565363 on 21 March 2011.
- 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
Further reading
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
External links
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