| Turbinella pyrum | |
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| Five views of a shell ofTurbinella pyrum with its periostracum intact | |
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| Three carved dextral shells of Turbinella pyrum from 11th century India, see shankha | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Turbinellidae |
| Genus: | Turbinella |
| Species: | T. pyrum
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| Binomial name | |
| Turbinella pyrum | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Buccinella caerulea Perry, 1811 | |
Turbinella pyrum, common names the chank shell, sacred chank or chank, also known as the divine conch or referred to simply as a conch, is a species of very large sea snail with a gill and an operculum, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae. This species occurs in the Indian Ocean.
The name "chank" for the shell of this species is derived from the Indian word shankha, the divine conch. The old generic name was Xancus. The Dutch used to call them chianco.[2]
- ^ "WoRMS - Turbinella pyrum (Linnaeus, 1767)". World Register of Marine Species. 2023-05-25. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
- ^ "Finds from the Avondster". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27.