Tridentarius dentatus
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| Tridentarius dentatus shell | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Stromboidea |
| Family: | Strombidae |
| Genus: | Tridentarius |
| Species: | T. dentatus
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| Tridentarius dentatus | |
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Tridentarius dentatus, common name : the Toothed Conch, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, the Comores, Djibouti, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean in Polynesia and along Hawaii.
Description
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The shell size varies between 19 mm and 65 mm.
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References
[edit]- ^ Tridentarius dentatus Linnaeus, 1758. Bouchet, P. (2010). Tridentarius dentatus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531859 on 6 February 2011 .
- Walls, J.G. (1980). Conchs, tibias and harps. A survey of the molluscan families Strombidae and Harpidae. T.F.H. Publications Ltd, Hong Kong
External links
[edit]- "Tridentarius dentatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 24 March 2011.