Lobatus
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| Apertural and abapertural views of three distinct shells of Lobatus gallus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Strombidae |
| Genus: | Lobatus Swainson, 1837 |
| Type species | |
| Strombus bituberculatus Lamarck, 1822 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Lobatus is a genus of very large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs. [1]:
Some of the species within this genus were previously placed in the genus Eustrombus.[2]
Species
Species within the genus Lobatus include[3][4]:
- Lobatus costatus (Gmelin, 1791)
- Lobatus galeatus (Swainson, 1823)
- Lobatus gallus (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)
References
- ^ a b Lobatus Swainson, 1837. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 March 2011.
- ^ Landau B. M., Kronenberg G. C. & Herbert G. S. (2008). "A large species of Lobatus (Gastropoda: Strombidae) from the Neogene of the Dominican Republic, with notes on the genus". The Veliger 50(1): 31-38 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
- ^ The Paleobiology Database
- ^ Landau B., Kronenberg G. C. & Da Silva C. M. (2010). "A new species of Lobatus (Caenogastropoda, Strombidae) from the Neogene of the Dominican Republic, with notes on further species from the Dominican assemblages". Basteria 74(4-6): 95-109.
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.