Turbinella pyrum
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turbinella-pyrum-305-15703188
title:
Turbinella pyrum
text:
Turbinella pyrum, common names the chank shell, sacred chank or chank, also known as the divine conch or referred to simply as a conch, is a species of very large sea snail with a gill and an operculum, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae. This species occurs in the Indian Ocean. The name "chank" for the shell of this species is derived from the Indian word shankha, the divine conch. The old generic name was Xancus. The Dutch used to call them chianco.
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encyclopedia
description:
Species of gastropod
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbinella_pyrum
date created:
date modified:
2024-02-28T23:21:23Z
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13
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