Conomurex persicus

Conomurex persicus, common name : the Persian conch, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.^[1]

Conomurex persicus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Stromboidea
Family:	Strombidae
Genus:	Conomurex
Species:	C. persicus
Binomial name
Conomurex persicus (Swainson, 1821)
Synonyms
Strombus persicus (Swainson, 1821) Conomurex decorus raybaudii Nicolay, K. & E. Romagna-Manoja, 198

Description

The shell size varies between 35 mm and 75 mm

Distribution

This species is found in the Mediterranean Sea along Greece, as alien species immigrated by Suez Canal (Albano et al., 2021) in the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf.