Lentigo pipus

Lentigo pipus, the elegant conch, is a species of Conch sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.^[1]

Lentigo pipus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Strombidae
Genus:	Lentigo
Species:	L. pipus
Binomial name
Lentigo pipus (Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
Lambis pipus Röding, 1798 (basionym) Strombus adustus Reeve, 1851 Strombus exustus Swainson, 1822 Strombus papilio Dillwyn, 1817 Strombus pipus Röding, 1798

Description

The shell size varies between 35 mm and 85 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indo-West Pacific along the Mascarene Basin and the Philippines.