| Pugilina morio | |
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| Pugilina morio | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Mollusca | 
| Class: | Gastropoda | 
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda | 
| Order: | Neogastropoda | 
| Family: | Melongenidae | 
| Genus: | Pugilina | 
| Species: | P. morio  | 
| Binomial name | |
| Pugilina morio (Linnaeus, 1758)  | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pugilina morio, common name : the Giant Hairy Melongena, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.[1]
Distribution
This species is found in the Atlantic Ocean along Angola, the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Gabon, Mauritania;[1] in the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles and along Brazil.[2]

Shell with periostracum
Description
The adult shell size varies between 75 mm and 270 mm.
References
- 1 2 3 Pugilina morio (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 January 2019.
 - ↑ "Pugilina morio". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
 
- Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates
 - Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda
 - Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp
 
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