Lambis millepeda | |
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Five views of a shell of Lambis millepeda | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Stromboidea |
Family: | Strombidae |
Genus: | Lambis |
Species: | L. millepeda |
Binomial name | |
Lambis millepeda (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Lambis millepeda, common name the millipede spider conch, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.
The size of an adult shell varies between 90 mm and 150 mm.
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and in the Southwest Pacific Ocean.