Persian horse conch
| Persian horse conch | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| 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.
References
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, August 26, 2013. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.