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Lentigo lentiginosus 
(Linnaeus 1758)

Silver Conch

Asia Armstrong (2013)

 

 

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Summary


Physical Description


Ecology

Feeding


Life History & Behaviour

Reproduction and Development


Locomotion


Shell Righting


Escape Response


Substrate Experiment


Anatomy & Physiology


Evolution & Systematics


Biogeographic Distribution


Human Use


References & Links

References & Links

Berg, C. J. 1975. Behavior and Ecology of Conch (Superfamily Strombacea) on a Deep Subtidal Algal Plain. Bulletin of Marine Science 25:307-317.

Berg, C. J., Jr. 1972. Ontogeny of the Behavior of Strombus maculatus (Gastropoda: Strombidae). American Zoologist 12:427-443.

Berg, C. J., Jr. 1974. A Comparative Ethological Study of Strombid Gastropods. Behaviour 51:274-322.

Bouchet, P. 2013. Lentigo lentiginosus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565356 on 2013-10-29

De Torres, T., J. E. Ortiz, I. Arribas, A. Delgado, R. JuliÀ, and J. A. MartÍN-RubÍ. 2010. Geochemistry of Persististrombus latus Gmelin from the Pleistocene Iberian Mediterranean realm. Lethaia 43:149-163.

Kohn, A. J., and V. Waters. 1966. Escape responses of three herbivorous gastropods to the predatory gastropod Conus textile. Animal Behaviour 14:340-345.

Kreipl, K., and G. Poppe. 1999. A Conchological Iconography-The Family Strombidae.-1-58. Hackenheim (ConchBooks, formerly Christa Hemmen).

Latiolais, J. M., M. S. Taylor, K. Roy, and M. E. Hellberg. 2006. A molecular phylogenetic analysis of strombid gastropod morphological diversity. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41:436-444.

Perron, F. E. 1978. Locomotion and shell-righting behaviour in adult and juvenile Aporrhais occidentalis (Gastropoda: Strombacea). Animal Behaviour 26, Part 4:1023-1028.

Poutiers, J. 1998. Gastropods in: FAO species identification guide for fisheries purposes: the living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Seaweeds, corals, bivalves and gastropods. Pub. Rome FAO 399.

Ruppert, E., S. Fox, and R. Barnes 2004. Invertebrate Zoology: A Functional Evolutionary Approach. Brooks/Cole - Thomson Learning, Belmont, CA.

Savazzi, E. 1991. Constructional morphology of strombid gastropods. Lethaia 24:311-331.

Walls, J. G. 1980. Conchs, Tibias and Harps: A survey of the molluscan families Strombidae and Harpidae. TFH Publications Inc. Ltd.


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