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Strombus (Eustrombus)

Gastropoda - Strombidae

Taxonomy
Strombus (Eustrombus) was named by Wenz (1940) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R Sepkoski's reference number: 1074]. It is extant. Its type is Strombus gigas.

It was reranked as Eustrombus by Sepkoski (2002).

It was assigned to Strombus by Wenz (1940), Abbass (1967); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Eustrombus dominator, Eustrombus gigas, Eustrombus thersites, Strombus altispirus, Strombus arayensis, Strombus bubonius, Strombus bubonius, Strombus coronaturs, Strombus deformis, Strombus dodoneus, Strombus elegans, Strombus epidromus, Strombus erici, Strombus erythrinus, Strombus erythrinus, Strombus etalloni, Strombus evergladensis, Strombus fennemai, Strombus fennemai, Strombus floridus, Strombus floridus, Strombus fortisi, Strombus fragilis, Strombus fusiformis, Strombus gendiganensis, Strombus gendinganensis, Strombus gendinganensis, Strombus geninganensis, Strombus gibberulus, Strombus goeldii, Strombus granulatus, Strombus helli, Strombus incerta, Strombus keatonorum, Strombus labiosus, Strombus latus, Strombus leidyi, Strombus leurus, Strombus liocyclus, Strombus madiuensis, Strombus madiunensis, Strombus malekulensis, Strombus marginatus, Strombus maximus, Strombus maximus, Strombus maximus, Strombus mayacensis, Strombus mayacensis, Strombus micklei, Strombus minimus, Strombus minimus, Strombus minimus, Strombus mitroparvus, Strombus muricatus, Strombus mutabilis, Strombus naticiformis, Strombus oostergaardi, Strombus plicatus, Strombus plicatus, Strombus plicatus, Strombus praegibberulus, Strombus pregibberulus, Strombus pugilis, Strombus pugilis, Strombus pugilis, Strombus pugilus, Strombus pulchellus, Strombus rembangensis, Strombus rembangensis, Strombus rutteni, Strombus sinuatus, Strombus sondeianus, Strombus spinosus, Strombus suessi, Strombus sumatranus, Strombus terebellus, Strombus thersites, Strombus tjilonganensis, Strombus triangulus, Strombus tricornis, Strombus tricornis, Strombus tridentatus, Strombus tuberosus, Strombus turritus, Strombus unifasciatus, Strombus variabilis, Strombus variabilis, Strombus varinginensis, Strombus varinginensis, Strombus varinginensis, Strombus varinginensis, Strombus varinginensis, Strombus varinginensis, Strombus varinginensis, Strombus vomer

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Strombus (Eustrombus) Wenz
1967Strombus (Eustrombus) Abbass p. 60
2002Eustrombus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyStrombidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyStrombinaeRafinesque 1815
genusStrombusLinnaeus 1758
subgenusEustrombusWenz 1940

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.

Subg. Strombus (Eustrombus) Wenz 1940
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 100 to < 1000g
Thickness: thickg
Folds: minorg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: omnivoref
Diet 2: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 10:28:32
Modified: 2009-03-16 12:28:32
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Abbott and Dance 1986, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 48.07000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Egypt Strombus sadeki (2955)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Eustrombus dominator (79958) Strombus sp. (79960)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Strombus mayacensis, Strombus sp. (35031)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Ryukyu) Eustrombus thersites (41606)