Canarium labiatum
Species of gastropod
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Canarium labiatum, the Samar conch, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]
| Canarium labiatum | |
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| Five views of a shell of Canarium labiatum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Strombidae |
| Genus: | Canarium |
| Species: | C. labiatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Canarium labiatum (Röding, 1798) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The shell size varies between 20 mm and 50 mm.
Distribution
Phylogeny
| Part of the phylogeny and relationships of Strombus species, according to Latiolais et al. (2006)[2] |
In the year 2006, colleagues proposed a cladogram that attempts to show the phylogenetic relationships of 34 species within the family Strombidae. The authors analysed 31 species in the genus Strombus including Canarium labiatum (referred to as Strombus labiatus in their analysis), and three species in the allied genus Lambis. The cladogram was based on DNA sequences of both nuclear histone H3 and mitochondrial cytochrome-c oxidase I (COI) protein-coding gene regions. In this proposed phylogeny, Strombus labiatus (= Canarium labiatum) and Strombus microurceus are closely related and appear to share a common ancestor.[2]
