Pugilina morio | |
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Pugilina morio | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Melongenidae |
Genus: | Pugilina |
Species: | P. morio
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Binomial name | |
Pugilina morio (
Linnaeus, 1758)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Pugilina morio, common name : the Giant Hairy Melongena, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies. [1]
This species is found in the Atlantic Ocean along Angola, the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Gabon, Mauritania; [1] in the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles and along Brazil. [2]
The adult shell size varies between 75 mm and 270 mm.
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