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Strombus tricornis Lightfoot, 1786 
AphiaID: 215359

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Stromboidea (Superfamily) > Strombidae (Family) > Strombus (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (original combination)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Tricornis tricornis (Lightfoot, 1786)
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Tricornis Jousseaume, 1886
Parent Strombus Linnaeus, 1758
Source  basis of record: Walls, J.G. (1980). Conchs, tibias and harps. A survey of the molluscan families Strombidae and Harpidae. T.F.H. Publications Ltd, Hong Kong. [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English three-cornered conch  [details]
Distribution Djibouti [details]
Eritrea [details]
Red Sea [details]
Somalia [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (58 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215359
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-11-12 07:24:15Z  created  Fondo, Esther
2001-12-09 13:54:23Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-10-13 17:56:05Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Strombus tricornis Lightfoot, 1786. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215359 on 2013-05-24
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