Dolomena variabilis, common name : the Variable Conch, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]
Dolomena variabilis | |
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Five views of a shell of Dolomena variabilis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Strombidae |
Genus: | Dolomena |
Species: | D. variabilis
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Binomial name | |
Dolomena variabilis (Swainson, 1820)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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The shell size varies between 25 mm and 60 mm.
This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines, Samoa, Indonesia and Northeast Australia.