Lentigo pipus

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Stromboidea
Family:	Strombidae
Genus:	Lentigo
Species:	L. pipus
Binomial name
*Lentigo pipus* (Röding, 1798)
Synonyms^[1]
Lambis pipus Röding, 1798 (basionym) Strombus adustus Reeve, 1851 Strombus exustus Swainson, 1822 Strombus papilio Dillwyn, 1817 Strombus pipus Röding, 1798

Lentigo pipus, common name : the Elegant Conch, is a species of Conch sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 35 mm and 85 mm.

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Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indo-West Pacific along the Mascarene Basin and the Philippines.

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