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Lambis truncata ([Lightfoot], 1786)
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Species name:
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Lambis truncata ([Lightfoot], 1786)
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Taxon name:
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Strombus truncatus Lightfoot, 1786
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Originally described in:
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[Lightfoot, J.] 1786. A catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased: Which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner and Co. On Monday the 24th of April, 1786, and the thirty-seven following days (...) at her late dwelling-house, in Privy-Garden, Whitehall, by order of the Acting Executrix. - pp. i-viii [= 1-8], 3-194, pl. [1]. [London]. (Skinner).
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Distribution:
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Indian Ocean (nominate subspecies), southern Westpacific (Lambis truncata sebae)
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Diagnosis:
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Apex blunt, first 5 whorls in a plain in nominate subspecies, Lambis truncata sebae has a more peaky apex.
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Size:
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Up to 350 mm.
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Biology:
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20-30 m deep, near reefs.
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Threatened:
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Family:
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Strombidae
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Higher group:
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Gastropoda
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Comments:
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Reference: Lindner 1999: 204.
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