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Concholepas
Sign in to saveConcholepas is a genus of medium-sized to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the rock shells.
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Chilean Abalone
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyMuricidae
Habitatmarine
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Concholepas is a genus of medium-sized to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the rock shells.
==Description== The shell is ovate. The body whorl is large and expanded. The spire is very short and obliquely inclined towards the left side. The aperture is very wide, slightly channelled anteriorly. The inner lip is flattened. The outer lip shows two small teeth in front.
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Mollusca
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Neogastropoda
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Peru
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Animalia
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ocean
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family
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genus
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Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
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taxonomy
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Gastropoda
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predation
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synonym
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National Center for Biotechnology Information
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Q82486
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Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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type species
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iNaturalist
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World Register of Marine Species
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Catalogue of Life
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