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- Laevistrombus_canarium abstract "Laevistrombus canarium (commonly known as the dog conch or by its better-known synonym, Strombus canarium) is a species of edible sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Strombidae (true conches). Known from illustrations in books dating from the late 17th century, L. canarium is an Indo-Pacific species occurring from India and Sri Lanka to Melanesia, Australia and southern Japan. The shell of adult individuals is coloured from light yellowish-brown to golden to grey. It has a characteristic inflated body whorl, a flared, thick outer lip and a shallow stromboid notch. The shell is valued as an ornament, and because it is heavy and compact it is also often used as a sinker for fishing nets.The external anatomy of the soft parts of this species is similar to that of other strombid snails. The animal has an elongate snout, thin eyestalks with well-developed eyes and sensory tentacles, and a narrow, strong foot with a sickle-shaped operculum. A molecular analysis conducted in 2006 based on DNA sequences of histone and mitochondrial genes demonstrated that Laevistrombus canarium, Doxander vittatus and Labiostrombus epidromis are closely related species. The dog conch exhibits behaviours common among Strombidae, including burrowing and a characteristic leaping form of locomotion. The former behaviour, however, involves movement sequences unique to this species.Laevistrombus canarium lives on muddy and sandy bottoms, grazing on algae and detritus. It is gonochoristic and sexually dimorphic, depending on internal fertilization for spawning. Larvae of this species spend several days as plankton, undergoing a series of transformations until they reach complete metamorphosis. The maximum life span is 2 to 2.5 years. Predators of this snail include carnivorous gastropods such as cone snails and volutes. It is also a prey species for vertebrates including macaques, and also humans, who consume the soft parts in a wide variety of dishes.The dog conch is an economically important species in the Indo-West Pacific, and several studies indicate that it may be suffering population declines due to overfishing and overexploitation. Malacologists and ecologists have recommended a reduction in its exploitation rate; initiatives in Thailand are attempting to ensure the possibility of reproduction in young-adult individuals and manage the natural populations in general. L. canarium demonstrates the imposex phenomenon, but is resistant to sterility caused by it; therefore, it has been suggested that this species might be useful as a bioindicator for organotin pollution monitoring near Malaysian ports.".
- Laevistrombus_canarium binomialAuthority Carl_Linnaeus.
- Laevistrombus_canarium class Gastropoda.
- Laevistrombus_canarium family Strombidae.
- Laevistrombus_canarium family Stromboidea.
- Laevistrombus_canarium genus Laevistrombus.
- Laevistrombus_canarium kingdom Animal.
- Laevistrombus_canarium phylum Mollusca.
- Laevistrombus_canarium synonym "* Strombus canarium (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)".
- Laevistrombus_canarium synonym "* Strombus gibbus (Issel&Canefri, 1876)".
- Laevistrombus_canarium synonym "* Strombus taeniatus (Quoy&Gaimard, 1834)".
- Laevistrombus_canarium synonym "* Strombus vanicorensis (Quoy, 1885)".
- Laevistrombus_canarium synonym "* Strombus vanikorensis( Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)".
- Laevistrombus_canarium thumbnail Laevistrombus_canarium_canarium_01.JPG?width=300.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageExternalLink Shell_211.shtml.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageID "23210566".
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageLength "42657".
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageOutDegree "288".
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageRevisionID "708002440".
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink 10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Adult.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Algae.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Andaman_Islands.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Andhra_Pradesh.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Animal.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Animal_locomotion.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Aperture_(mollusc).
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Arturo_Issel.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Basionym.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Big_Island,_Johor.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Binomial_nomenclature.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Biocide.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Bioindicator.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Bivalvia.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Body_whorl.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Brunei.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Caenogastropoda.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Canarium_fusiforme.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Canarium_haemastoma.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Canarium_labiatum.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Canarium_maculatum.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Canarium_microurceus.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Canarium_mutabile.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Canarium_urceus.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Canarium_wilsonorum.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Canis.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Carl_Linnaeus.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Carnivore.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Category:Animals_described_in_1758.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Category:Fauna_of_the_Indian_Ocean.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Category:Fauna_of_the_Pacific_Ocean.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Category:Marine_edible_gastropods.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Category:Strombidae.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Cebu.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Cell_(biology).
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Cesare_Maria_Tapparone-Canefri.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Chemoreceptor.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Chili_con_carne.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Cladogram.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Colony_(biology).
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Columella_(gastropod).
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Common_descent.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Common_name.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Conch.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Conchiolin.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Cone.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Cone_snail.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Conus_textile.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Corneous.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Crab-eating_macaque.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Curry.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Cymbiola_nobilis.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Cytochrome_c_oxidase_subunit_I.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink DNA.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Detritus.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Dock_(maritime).
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Doxander_vittatus.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink East_Asia.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Eastern_Province,_Sri_Lanka.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Ecology.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Egg.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Embryo.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Enhalus.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Escape_response.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Extinction.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Eyestalk.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Family_(biology).
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Filippo_Bonanni.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Fishing_net.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Fishing_sinker.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Fouling.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Gastropod_shell.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Gastropoda.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Gene.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink George_Howard_Parker.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Gonochorism.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Guadalcanal.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Gulf_of_Mannar.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Halophila.
- Laevistrombus_canarium wikiPageWikiLink Harpago_chiragra.