Persian horse conch

Persian horse conch

Taxobox
name = Persian horse conch


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Sorbeoconcha
familia = Fasciolariidae
genus = "Pleuroploca"
species = "P. persica"
binomial = "Pleuroploca persica"
binomial_authority = Reeve, 1847

The Persian horse conch, "Pleuroploca persica", is a species of very large predatory sea snail with an operculum. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fasciolariidae, which includes the spindle shells, the tulip shells and other allied genera.

Distribution

This species is found in Sri Lanka, in the Indian Ocean.


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