Dolomena plicata, common name the pigeon conch, is a species of medium-sized to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]
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| Original image of a shell of Dolomena plicata yerburyi (E. A. Smith, 1891) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Strombidae |
| Genus: | Dolomena |
| Species: | D. plicata
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| Binomial name | |
| Dolomena plicata (Röding, 1798)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
- Subspecies
- Dolomena plicata sibbaldi (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) (synonyms: Dolomena sibbaldi (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842); Strombus kieneri Issel & Tapparone Canefri, 1876; Strombus sibbaldi G. B. Sowerby II, 1842 (original combination) )
- Dolomena plicata yerburyi (E. A. Smith, 1891) (synonym: Strombus yerburyi E. A. Smith, 1891 )
Description edit
The shell size varies between 45 mm and 77 mm.
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Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off East Africa.
References edit
- ^ a b Dolomena plicata (Röding, 1798). WoRMS (2009). Dolomena plicata (Röding, 1798). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species on 28 March 2011 .
- Walls, J.G. (1980). Conchs, tibias and harps. A survey of the molluscan families Strombidae and Harpidae. T.F.H. Publications Ltd, Hong Kong
- Liverani V. (2014) The superfamily Stromboidea. Addenda and corrigenda. In: G.T. Poppe, K. Groh & C. Renker (eds), A conchological iconography. pp. 1–54, pls 131-164. Harxheim: Conchbooks.
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dolomena plicata.
- "Dolomena plicata plicata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
- Griffith, E. & Pidgeon, E. (1833-1834). The Mollusca and Radiata. Vol. 12, In: E. Griffith, [1824]−1835, The Animal Kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, [...]. London: Whittaker and Co., viii + 601 pp., 61 pls. 1−138