Eustrombus
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Lobatus is a genus
of very large sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Strombidae
, the true conchs. :
Some of the species within this genus were previously placed in the genus Eustrombus
.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of very large sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Strombidae
Strombidae
Strombidae, commonly known as the true conchs, is a taxonomic family of medium-sized to very large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Stromboidea....
, the true conchs. :
Some of the species within this genus were previously placed in the genus Eustrombus
Eustrombus
Lobatus is a genus of very large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs. :Some of the species within this genus were previously placed in the genus Eustrombus.-Species:...
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Species
Species within the genus Lombatus include:- Lobatus costatus (Gmelin, 1791)
- Lobatus galeatus (Swainson, 1823)
- Lobatus gallusLobatus gallusLobatus gallus, previously known as Strombus gallus, common name the rooster conch or rooster-tail conch, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.-Distribution:...
(Linnaeus, 1758) - Lobatus gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Lobatus goliath (Schröter, 1805)
- Lobatus magolecciai (Macsotay & Campos, 2001)
- Lobatus peruvianus (Swainson, 1823)
- Lobatus raninus (Gmelin, 1791)
- †Lobatus dominator (Pilsbry, 1917)
- †Lobatus galliformis (Pilsbry, 1917)
- †Lobatus haitensis (Sowerby, 1850)
- †Lobatus vokesae Landau et al., 2008
- †Lobatus williamsi (Olson & Petit, 1964)
Further reading
- George H. Darcy (September 1981). Annotated Bibliography of the Conch Genus Strombus (Gastropoda, Strombidae) in the Western Atlantic Ocean. NOAA TECHNICAL REPORT NMFS SSRF—748. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, Malcolm Baldrlge, Secretary; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, John v. Byrne, Administrator; National Marine Fisheries Service.