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Lobatus gigas

Gastropoda - Strombidae

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).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Strombus gigas Linnaeus p. 745
2004Eustrombus gigas Petuch
2007Eustrombus gigas Petuch and Roberts
2008Lobatus gigas Landau et al. p. 32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyStrombidaeRafinesque 1815
genusLobatusIredale 1921
speciesgigas(Linnaeus 1758)

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
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: omnivoref
Diet 2: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:58:30
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:58:30
Source: f = family, c = class
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
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Strombus gigas (60979 65162)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Haiti Strombus gigas (60881 60886 66812 66817)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Cuba Strombus gigas (66764 66770 66772 66775)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Bahamas Strombus gigas (80676)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Barbados Strombus gigas (88865)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Eustrombus gigas (79747)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Eustrombus gigas (79739) Lobatus gigas (96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Quintana Roo) Strombus gigas (82820)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Belize Strombus gigas (88824 88825)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas (San Salvador) Strombus gigas (148707)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Strombus gigas (80407 80408)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Strombus gigas (80677)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Strombus gigas (80680)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica (Saint Thomas) Strombus gigas (82858)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands Strombus gigas (89553)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Colombia Strombus gigas (97680)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Dominican Republic Strombus gigas (75421)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Turks and Caicos Islands Strombus gigas (209855)