Margistrombus marginatus

Margistrombus marginatus, the marginate conch, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.^[1]

Margistrombus marginatus
Margistrombus marginatus marginatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Strombidae
Genus:	Margistrombus
Species:	M. marginatus
Binomial name
Margistrombus marginatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
Lambis carinata Röding, 1798 Strombus marginatus Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym)

Subspecies

• Margistrombus marginatus sowerbyorum Visser & Man In’t Veld, 2005^[2][3]
• Margistrombus marginatus succincta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Margistrombus marginatus succincta

Description

The shell size varies between 40 mm and 75 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Andaman Sea, at the southern tip of India and the Strait of Malacca.