Ophioglossolambis digitata

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Ophioglossolambis digitata
Lambis digitata IMG 5235 Beijing Museum of Natural History - NHM of Guangxi - Gulf of Tonkin collection.jpg
Shell of Ophioglossolambis digitata at the Natural History Museum of Guangxi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Strombidae
Genus: Ophioglossolambis
Species:
O. digitata
Binomial name
Ophioglossolambis digitata
(Perry, 1811)
Synonyms [1] [2]

Ophioglossolambis digitata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion and Tanzania.

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<i>Harpago arthriticus</i> species of mollusc

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<i>Lambis crocata</i> species of mollusc

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<i>Lambis millepeda</i> species of mollusc

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<i>Lambis truncata</i> species of mollusc

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<i>Tridentarius dentatus</i> species of mollusc (fossil)

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<i>Gibberulus gibberulus</i> species of mollusc

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Canarium scalariforme is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.

<i>Canarium labiatum</i> species of mollusc

Canarium labiatum, common name the Samar Conch, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.

Dolomena labiosa, common name : the thick-lipped conch, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.

<i>Canarium mutabile</i> species of mollusc

Canarium mutabile, common name the variable stromb, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.

<i>Canarium urceus</i> species of mollusc

Canarium urceus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.

<i>Ophioglossolambis</i> genus of molluscs

Ophioglossolambis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.

O. digitata may refer to:

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