| Doxander vittatus | |
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| Five views of ashell ofDoxander vittatus | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Strombidae |
| Genus: | Doxander |
| Species: | D. vittatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Doxander vittatus | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Doxander vittatus,common name thevitate snail, is aspecies of medium-sizedsea snail, amarinegastropodmollusk in thefamilyStrombidae, the true conchs.[1]
There are five subspecies :
This species occurs in theIndo-Pacific offFiji and also in theSouth China Sea.
The adult shell size varies between 35 mm and 100 mm.
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In 2006, Latiolais and colleagues proposed acladogram (atree of descent) that attempts to show thephylogenetic relationships of 34 species within the family Strombidae. The authors analysed 31 species in the genusStrombus includingDoxander vittatus (referred to asStrombus vittatus in their analysis), and three species in the allied genusLambis. The cladogram was based onDNA sequences of both nuclearhistone H3 and mitochondrialcytochrome-c oxidase I (COI) protein-codinggene regions. In this proposed phylogeny,Strombus vittatus,Strombus canarium (=Laevistrombus canarium) andStrombus epidromis (=Labiostrombus epidromis) are closely related and appear to share acommon ancestor.[2]
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