Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Alternative combinations: Eustrombus gigas, Strombus gigas
Belongs to Lobatus according to B. M. Landau et al. 2008
See also Hendy et al. 2008 and Petuch and Roberts 2007
Sister taxa: Lobatus costatus, Lobatus dominator, Lobatus galliformis, Lobatus gallus, Lobatus goliath, Lobatus haitensis, Lobatus rarinus, Lobatus vokesae, Lobatus williamsi
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (4 collections), Barbados (1), Belize (2), Cayman Islands (1), Colombia (1), Cuba (4), the Dominican Republic (1), Haiti (4), Jamaica (3), Mexico (1), Turks and Caicos Islands (1), United States (2: Florida)
• Miocene of Brazil (2)
Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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