Laevistrombus canarium
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Laevistrombus canarium is a species of edible sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Strombidae. Known from illustrations in books dating from the late 17th century, L. canarium is an Ind
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A 1742 illustration from Index Testarum Conchyliorum, showing abapertural (left) and apertural (right) views of an adult dog conch shell
Illustration of the external morphology of L. canarium, from Manual of Conchology (1885)
One known predator of the dog conch is the cloth-of-gold cone snail, Conus textile.
Doxander vittatus
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Doxander vittatus, the vitate snail, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.
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…operculum. A molecular analysis conducted in 2006 based on DNA sequences of histone and mitochondrial genes demonstrated that Laevistrombus canarium, Doxander vittatus, and Labiostrombus epidromis are closely related species. The dog conch exhibits behaviours common among the Strombidae, including burrowing and a…
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