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Pugilina morio C. Linnaeus, 1758

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Melongenidae - Melon and Crown Conches »  genus Pugilina

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Pugilina morio

Author: Leal, J.H.

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North America: Trinidad and Tobago, South America: Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela

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Description

Diagnostic characters: Shell fusiform, spire high, anterior canal well developed, shell surface with sculpture of many fine spiral threads.Shoulder angular, with single row of nodules. Periostracum thick and hairy.Colour: chocolate brown to black, with a few contrasting white bands, periostracum brownish.
Size: To 160 mm.
Leal, J.H., 2004. Gastropods of the Caribbean.
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Pugilina morio Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013
CZ Pfleger V. (1999): České názvy živočichů III. Měkkýši (Mollusca), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 108 pp. [as Pugilina morio (LINNÉ, 1758)]
Data retrieved on: 11 November 2013
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