西印度聖螺（學名：'），又名西印度鉛螺或燈螺**，是熱帶海域一種非常大的海螺，有鰓和螺厣，是拳螺科鉛螺屬之下的一個腹足綱軟體動物的物種。
The name "chank" for the shell of this species is derived from the word shankha, the divine conch or sacred conch, Turbinella pyrum, a closely related species from the Indian Ocean.
分佈
西印度聖螺分佈在西大西洋，由佛羅里達礁島群及巴哈馬南至古巴、多明尼加共和國、牙買加及海地，並墨西哥、伯利茲、洪都拉斯、尼加拉瓜、哥斯達黎加、巴拿馬及哥倫比亞的加勒比海海岸
棲息地
of Turbinella angulata]]
這些在珊瑚礁生活的大型腹足類動物棲於熱帶海域的潮下帶和近海泥地、岩石或沙床，以及紅樹林潟湖中發現，深度為0至45米
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參考書目
- Fischer, G. 1807. Museum Demidoff Museum Demidoff 3 - Université imperiale: Moscou.
- Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decima tertia Systema Naturae, 13th ed., vol. 1 - Lipsiae.
- Lightfoot, J. 1786. - Catalogue of the Portland Museum
- Olsson, A. A. & McGinty, T. L. 1958. Recent marine mollusks from the Caribbean Coast of Panama with the description of some new genera and species. Bulletins of American Paleontology Vol. 39 n. 304
- Röding, P. F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum Hamburg.
- Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
外部連結
- [http://www.jaxshells.org/ Jaxshells - Jacksonville Shell Club]*
- [http://www.jaxshells.org/tangulj.htm 西印度聖螺的另外一些圖片]
- [http://www.eol.org/pages/4947756/overview Encyclopedia of life]
- [http://www.gastropods.com/2/Shell_1512.shtml Gastropods.com: Turbinella angulata]
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