Canarium urceus

Canarium urceus
Five views of a shell of Canarium urceus
Five views of a different form of Canarium urceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Stromboidea
Family: Strombidae
Genus: Canarium
Species: C. urceus
Binomial name
Canarium urceus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
  • Strombus anatellus Duclos, P.L. in Chenu, J.C., 1844
  • Strombus muricatus Watson, R.B., 1885
  • Strombus reticulatus Link, H.F., 1807
  • Strombus urceus Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym)

Canarium urceus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]

Subspecies

There are two subspecies :

Description

The adult shell size varies between 20 mm and 70 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and Mozambique and in the western part of the Pacific Ocean along the New Hebrides.

References

  1. 1 2 Canarium urceus Linnaeus, 1758. Bouchet, P. (2010). Canarium urceus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532183 on 25 February 2011.

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