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Strombus (Conomurex) luhuanus

Gastropoda - Strombidae

Taxonomy
Strombus luhuanus was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; west Pacific. COMMENTS: m. kosnik taxon no: 9764]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Strombus (Conomurex) luhuanus by Abrard (1946), Hendy (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. dodoneus, S. liocyclus, S. rembangensis, S. tridentatus, S. maximus, S. sinuatus, S. thersites

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Strombus luhuanus Linnaeus
1946Strombus (Conomurex) luhuanus Abrard p. 100
1996Strombus luhuanus Jensen p. 19
2007Strombus (Conomurex) luhuanus Hendy

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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
subgenusConomurexFischer 1884
speciesluhuanus(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.

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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: Abbott and Dance 1986, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Marshall Islands Strombus luhuanus (43322)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Guam Strombus luhuanus (77937)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Strombus luhuanus (96943 96945)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Vanuatu Strombus luhuanus (77907)