Dolomena variabilis

Dolomena variabilis, common name : the Variable Conch, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.^[1]

Dolomena variabilis
Five views of a shell of Dolomena variabilis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Strombidae
Genus:	Dolomena
Species:	D. variabilis
Binomial name
Dolomena variabilis (Swainson, 1820)
Synonyms[1]
Dolomena variabilis variabilis (Swainson, 1820)· accepted, alternate representation Strombus (Dolomena) variabilis Strombus (Dolomena) variabilis var. palauensis Romagna-Manoja, 1974 (unavailable name under Art. 15.1 and 15.2 of the ICZN) Strombus athenius Duclos, 1844 Strombus lituratus Menke, 1829 (dubious synonym) Strombus variabilis Swainson, 1820 (basionym)

Description

The shell size varies between 25 mm and 60 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines, Samoa, Indonesia and Northeast Australia. There have been a total of 516 occurrences, 219 of them being from Australia.