Lithopoma phoebium | |
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Hermit crab in a shell of Lithopoma phoebium | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Turbinidae |
Genus: | Lithopoma |
Species: | L. phoebium
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Binomial name | |
Lithopoma phoebium (Roding, 1798)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Lithopoma phoebium, common name the longspine star shell, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1]
This is a tropical Western Atlantic species.
Distribution of Lithopoma phoebium include: Aruba, Belize, Bonaire, Caribbean Sea, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao, Gulf of Mexico, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, San Andres, The United States, and Venezuela.[2]
The maximum recorded shell length is 76 mm (almost 3 inches).[3]
The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; maximum recorded depth is 91 m.[3]