Tricornis tricornis

Tricornis tricornis, common name the three-cornered conch, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.^[1]

Tricornis tricornis
Two shells of Tricornis tricornis.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Strombidae
Genus:	Tricornis
Species:	T. tricornis
Binomial name
Tricornis tricornis (Lightfoot, 1786)
Synonyms
Lambis curruca Röding, 1798 Strombus (Tricornis) indecoratus Lorenz & Wiese, 1990 Strombus orientalis Duclos in Chenu, 1844 Strombus pertinax Duclos in Chenu, 1844 Strombus tricornis Lightfoot, 1786 (basionym)

Description

The shell size varies between 65 mm and 170 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the Indian Ocean off Djibouti, Eritrea and Somalia.