Canarium mutabile (Swainson, 1821) is a animal in the Strombidae family, order Littorinimorpha, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Canarium mutabile (Swainson, 1821)

Canarium mutabile (Swainson, 1821)

Canarium mutabile is a species with shell sizes 15–45 mm, found across parts of the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean, and Pacific Ocean.

Family
Genus
Canarium
Order
Littorinimorpha
Class
Gastropoda

About Canarium mutabile (Swainson, 1821)

Canarium mutabile (Swainson, 1821) is a species characterized by a shell whose size ranges between 15 millimeters and 45 millimeters. This species is distributed across multiple regions: it is found in the Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, along the east coast of South Africa, and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, the Chagos Atoll, the Comores, Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia, and Tanzania. It is also distributed in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Littorinimorpha Strombidae Canarium

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