Systematic Classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Strombidae
Genus: Strombus
Species: Strombus luhuanus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Common name: Blood-mouthed Stromb
Chinese name: ¸õÁ³
Features
Small, conical spire and ovate body whorl often with fine spiral ridges on anterior third. Almost rectangular, curved lip extending for most of body whorl. Shell cream sometimes with coffee axial markings and sometimes with several brown, spiral bands. Columellar lip dark brown and aperture orange. Operculum serrated.
Sublittoral, on sandy or muddy substrates.
~20 - 70 mm (body length)
Indo-Pacific, eastern side of Hong Kong and Ping Chau.
fishery
