Lentigo pipus, the elegant conch, is a species of Conch sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Strombidae |
| Genus: | Lentigo |
| Species: | L. pipus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lentigo pipus (Röding, 1798)
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Description
editThe shell size varies between 35 mm and 85 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species is distributed in the Indo-West Pacific along the Mascarene Basin and the Philippines.
References
edit- ^ a b Lentigo pipus (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- 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- "Lentigo pipus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 28 March 2011.