Lambis crocata | |
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Five views of a shell of Lambis crocata | |
Two views of a shell of the orange spider conch (Lambis crocata) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Strombidae |
Genus: | Lambis |
Species: | L. crocata
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Binomial name | |
Lambis crocata (Link, 1807)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Lambis crocata, the orange spider conch, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]
The size of an adult shell varies between 70 mm and 205 mm and it is a mixture of orange and white color.
This species is found in the Indian Ocean along the coasts of Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles and Tanzania.