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Lobatus gigas
Taxonomy
Strombus gigas was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Caribbean.]. It is extant. It is the type species of Strombus (Eustrombus).
It was recombined as Eustrombus gigas by Petuch (2004) and Petuch and Roberts (2007); it was recombined as Lobatus gigas by Landau et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Eustrombus gigas by Petuch (2004) and Petuch and Roberts (2007); it was recombined as Lobatus gigas by Landau et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1758 | Strombus gigas Linnaeus p. 745 |
2004 | Eustrombus gigas Petuch |
2007 | Eustrombus gigas Petuch and Roberts |
2008 | Lobatus gigas Landau et al. p. 32 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Lobatus gigas Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 |
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 23.03000 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (28 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Miocene | Brazil (Para) | Strombus gigas (60979 65162) | |
Pleistocene | Haiti | Strombus gigas (60881 60886 66812 66817) | |
Pleistocene | Cuba | Strombus gigas (66764 66770 66772 66775) | |
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial) | Bahamas | Strombus gigas (80676) | |
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial) | Barbados | Strombus gigas (88865) | |
Middle Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Eustrombus gigas (79747) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Eustrombus gigas (79739) Lobatus gigas (96538) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico (Quintana Roo) | Strombus gigas (82820) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Belize | Strombus gigas (88824 88825) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Bahamas (San Salvador) | Strombus gigas (148707) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Jamaica | Strombus gigas (80407 80408) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Bahamas | Strombus gigas (80677) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Bahamas | Strombus gigas (80680) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Jamaica (Saint Thomas) | Strombus gigas (82858) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Cayman Islands | Strombus gigas (89553) | |
Holocene | Colombia | Strombus gigas (97680) | |
Holocene | Dominican Republic | Strombus gigas (75421) | |
Holocene | Turks and Caicos Islands | Strombus gigas (209855) |