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Walls, J. G. (1980). Conchs, tibias and harps. A survey of the molluscan families Strombidae and Harpidae. Hong Kong: TFH Publications.
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Walls, J. G.
1980
<i>Conchs, tibias and harps. A survey of the molluscan families Strombidae and Harpidae</i>
Hong Kong: TFH Publications
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Tibia Röding, 1798 (additional source)
English Arabian tibia for Tibia insulaechorab Röding, 1798
English common spider conch for Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
English giant spider conch for Lambis truncata ([Lightfoot], 1786)
English humpbacked conch [from synonym] for Strombus gibberulus Linnaeus, 1758
English large harp for Harpa major Röding, 1798
English lesser harp for Harpa amouretta Röding, 1798
English Lister's conch [from synonym] for Strombus listeri T. Gray, 1852
English Madras harp for Harpa davidis Röding, 1798
English Martini's tibia [from synonym] for Tibia martinii (Marrat, 1877)
English ribbed harp for Harpa costata (Linnaeus, 1758)
English silver conch [from synonym] for Strombus lentiginosus Linnaeus, 1758
English spider or finger conch for Lambis truncata sebae (Kiener, 1843)
English terebellum conch for Terebellum terebellum (Linnaeus, 1758)
English three-cornered conch [from synonym] for Strombus tricornis [Lightfoot], 1786
English true harp for Harpa harpa (Linnaeus, 1758)
 Authority

Authority Martini in Dautzenberg, 1923 [details]

 Authority

Authority Lamarck in Dautzenberg, 1923, Linnaeus in Dautzenberg, 1929 [details]

 Authority

Authority Chemnitz in Dautzenberg, 1923 [details]

 Description

As H. harpa, up to 7 cm, with 11-14 axial ribs and higher spire. Colour white with cream and pale brown banding. ... [details]

 Description

Distribution: restricted to Mauritius and Rodriguez (Walls, 1980) [details]

 Description

Shells as the family H. harp, up to 8 cm, with twelve axial ribs. Colour creamy brown, crossed with thin, dark ... [details]

 Description

Description: as L. truncata, but with markedly curved siphonal canal spine (Richmond, 1997). [details]

 Description

The largest and heaviest of spider shells, up to 40 cm. Similar to L. lambis but with a more squarish outline. ... [details]

 Description

Solid lumpy shell, up to 10 cm, with large nodules on shoulders and spiral rows of smaller nodules on body whorl. ... [details]

 Distribution

Distribution: widespread over Indo-Pacific, from eastern Africa to Hawaii (Walls, 1980) [details]

 Distribution

Does not occur in the Red Sea (Walls, 1980) [details]

 Distribution

Distribution: Western Pacific to Indonesia and Samoa (Walls, 1980) [details]

 Distribution

Distribution: restricted to the Red Sea (Walls, 1980) [details]

 Distribution

Distribution: restricted to the Red Sea and vicinity (Walls, 1980) [details]

 Distribution

Distribution: western Pacific to Japan and Queensland (Walls, 1980). [details]

 Distribution

Japan and South China Sea (Walls, 1980) [details]

 Remark

Not known with certainty outside St Brandon, one of the dependencies of Mauritius [details]

 Spelling

Spelled as S. floridanus by Macnae&Kalk (1958). [details]

 synonymy

Also S. fragilis [details]

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