Canarium erythrinum

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Canarium erythrinum
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Five views of a shell of Carnarium erythrinum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Strombidae
Genus: Canarium
Species:
C. erythrinum
Binomial name
Canarium erythrinum
Dillwyn, 1817
Synonyms [1]
  • Strombus crassilabrum Anton, 1838
  • Strombus elegans G.B. Sowerby II, 1842
  • Strombus erythrinum Dillwyn, 1817 (basionym)
  • Strombus radians Duclos in Chenu, 1844
  • Strombus ruppelli Reeve, 1850

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

Canarium erythrinum is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo/West Pacific area, including the Red Sea. [2]

This sea shell has size going from 2 cm to 5 cm. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Canarium erythrinum Dillwyn, 1817 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
  2. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532157
  3. "Canarium erythrinum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.