Strombus mutabilis

Canarium mutabile

Canarium mutabile f zebriolatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Stromboidea
Family:	Strombidae
Genus:	Canarium
Species:	C. mutabile
Binomial name
*Canarium mutabile* (Swainson, 1821)
Synonyms
Strombus (Canarium) mutabilis f. rufescens Prelle, 2006 (Unavailable name below the species-group) Strombus epimellus Duclos, P.L. in Chenu, J.C., 1844 Strombus flammeus Link, H.F., 1807 Strombus epimellus Duclos in Chenu, 1844 Strombus floridus f. zebriolatus Adam & Leloup, 1938 Strombus flosculosus Mörch, 1852 Strombus mutabilis Swainson, 1821 (basionym)

Canarium mutabile, common name the variable stromb, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.

The shell size varies between 15 mm and 45 mm.

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, the Chagos Atoll, the Comores, Djibouti; the East Coast of South Africa; Eritrea; Kenya ; Madagascar; the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique; Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia, Tanzania; the Mediterranean Sea; the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines.