Pugilina morio

Pugilina morio

Pugilina morio
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Melongenidae
Genus:	Pugilina
Species:	P. morio
Binomial name
*Pugilina morio* (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms^[1]
Semifusus morio Linnaeus Fusus brevis Müller, O.F., 1766 Murex bandarius Perry, G., 1811 Murex bandatus Perry, G., 1811 Fusus coronatus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1816 Pugilina fasciata Schumacher, H.C.F., 1817

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]

Distribution

This species is found in the Atlantic Ocean along Angola, the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Gabon, Mauritania; in the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles and along Brazil.

The adult shell size varies between 75 mm and 270 mm.

1 2 WoRMS (2010). Pugilina morio (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225028 on 2010-12-12

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Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp

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