Lentigo pipus are extremely rare in the Marshalls, first found at Kwajalein as a single pair of specimens from a shallow lagoon reef in the northern half of Kwajalein Atoll on 13 August 2006. They were at a depth of about 5m on rubbly sand. This species is known from sporadic locations throughout much of the Indo-Pacific, but I don't believe it has previously been reported from Micronesia.
The shell above appears to be older, with a thicker ventral nacre, than the one below.
Like other strombs, the proboscis can stretch way out looking for its algae food.
The bottom photo was captured from video.
A third smaller, but still adult shell was found on 8 August 2015 on sandy rubble at the base of a large atoll pinnacle just inside the lagoon from a deep water pass.
Created 1 October 2009
Updated 21 March 2020