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Strombus decorus (Röding, 1798) 
AphiaID: 215370

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Stromboidea (Superfamily) > Strombidae (Family) > Strombus (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Conomurex decorus (Röding, 1798)
Rank Species
Parent Strombus Linnaeus, 1758
Sources  basis of record: Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56 [details]

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]

additional source: Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 44 [details]


Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English Mauritian conch  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Aldabra [details]
Chagos [details]
Indian Ocean [details]
Mascarene Basin [details]
Mauritius [details]
Red Sea [details]
Tanzania [details]
Links To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215370
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-02-22 16:55:09Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2001-12-09 13:54:23Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2011-03-13 09:11:52Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
2012-07-11 23:27:04Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
  
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  Citation: Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2013). Strombus decorus (Röding, 1798). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215370 on 2013-05-23
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