Canarium Schumacher 1817 (true conch)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae

Alternative spelling: Strombus (Canarium)

Parent taxon: Strombidae according to G. C. Kronenberg and H. G. Lee 2007

See also Harzhauser 2002, Harzhauser 2004, Hendy 2007, Ladd 1972, Ladd 1982, Mandic and Steininger 2003 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Doxander, Jaumaporta, Jogjacartanus, Laevella, Lobatus, Pereiraea, Platyoptera, Prestrombus, Rimella, Strombinae, Stromboconus, Terebellum, Terestrombus, Tibia, Tridentarius, Ueckeritzella, Volutostrombus

Subtaxa: Canarium mutabile Canarium parksii Strombus (Canarium) fragilis Strombus (Canarium) haemastoma Strombus (Canarium) maculatus

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Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Djibouti (3), French Polynesia (1), Guam (1), the Marshall Islands (2), Saudi Arabia (3), South Africa (1), Taiwan (3), United States (13: Hawaii), Vanuatu (1), Yemen (2)

• Pliocene of Fiji (1), Indonesia (5), Northern Mariana Islands (1), Vanuatu (1)

• Miocene of Fiji (1), Indonesia (5), the Marshall Islands (1)

• Eocene of United States (1: Virginia)

Total: 47 collections including 57 occurrences

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