Dolomena plicata

Dolomena plicata, common name the pigeon conch, is a species of medium-sized to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.^[1]

Subspecies

• Dolomena plicata sibbaldi (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) (synonyms: Dolomena sibbaldi (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842); Strombus kieneri Issel & Tapparone Canefri, 1876; Strombus sibbaldi G. B. Sowerby II, 1842 (original combination) )
• Dolomena plicata yerburyi (E. A. Smith, 1891) (synonym: Strombus yerburyi E. A. Smith, 1891 )

Dolomena plicata
Original image of a shell of Dolomena plicata yerburyi (E. A. Smith, 1891)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Strombidae
Genus:	Dolomena
Species:	D. plicata
Binomial name
Dolomena plicata (Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
Lambis plicata Röding, 1798 (basionym) Strombus deformis Gray [in Griffith & Pidgeon], 1834 Strombus malekulensis Abrard, R., 1946 Strombus plicatus (Röding, 1798) Strombus plicatus plicatus (Röding, 1798) Strombus columba Lamarck, 1822

Description

The shell size varies between 45 mm and 77 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off East Africa.