Pugilina morio

Pugilina morio
Pugilina morio
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Melongenidae
Genus: Pugilina
Species: P. morio
Binomial name
Pugilina morio
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
  • Semifusus morio Linnaeus
  • Fusus brevis Müller, O.F., 1766
  • Murex bandarius Perry, G., 1811
  • Murex bandatus Perry, G., 1811
  • Fusus coronatus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1816
  • Pugilina fasciata Schumacher, H.C.F., 1817

Pugilina morio, common name : the Giant Hairy Melongena, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.[1]

Distribution

This species is found in the Atlantic Ocean along Angola, the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Gabon, Mauritania; in the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles and along Brazil.

Shell with periostracum

Description

The adult shell size varies between 75 mm and 270 mm.

References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2010). Pugilina morio (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225028 on 2010-12-12
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