Lentigo (gastropod)

Lentigo
Five views of a shell of the silver conch, Lentigo lentiginosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Stromboidea
Family: Strombidae
Genus: Lentigo
Jousseaume, 1886
Type species
Strombus lentiginosus Linnaeus, 1758

Lentigo is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Lentigo include:

References

  1. Lentigo Jousseaume, 1886 . WoRMS (2009). Lentigo . Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531664 on 25 March 2011.
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