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Persian horse conch

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Buccinoidea

Genus
  
Pleuroploca

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Fasciolariidae

Scientific name
  
Pleuroploca persica

Rank
  
Species

Persian horse conch


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.

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Distribution

This species is found in Sri Lanka, in the Indian Ocean. [1]

References

Persian horse conch Wikipedia


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