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Lobatus

Gastropoda - Strombidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Lobatus Iredale p. 208
1929Aliger Thiele
2002Aliger Sepkoski
2004Titanostrombus Petuch
2008Aliger Hendy et al.
2008Lobatus Landau et al. pp. 31, 33
2009Lobatus Freiheit and Geary p. 18

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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

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.

G. Lobatus Iredale 1921
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Lobatus costatus Gmelin 1791
Lobatus dominator Pilsbry 1917
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Invalid names: Strombus maoensis Maury 1917 [synonym]
Lobatus galliformis Pilsbry 1917
Lobatus gallus Linnaeus 1758
Lobatus gigas Linnaeus 1758
Lobatus goliath Schröter 1805
Lobatus haitensis Sowerby 1850
Lobatus rarinus Gmelin 1791
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Invalid names: Strombus bituberculatus Lamarck 1822 [synonym]
Lobatus vokesae Landau et al. 2008
Lobatus williamsi Olsson and Petit 1964
Invalid names: Aliger Thiele 1929 [synonym], Titanostrombus Petuch 2004 [synonym]
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 47.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.4 Ma

Collections (97 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene47.8 - 28.4Haiti Strombus maoensis (173456)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Strombus gigas (60979 65162)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Dominican Republic L. galliformis (131502)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic L. haitensis (131369 131508 131667) L. haitensis, L. galliformis (93686) L. vokesae (89169)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic Strombus haitensis (58824)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic L. dominator (84960 89567 93601 94001 94104 131643 131657 131661) L. galliformis (89559 89566) L. haitensis (84974 93797 93996 94006 94099 131494 131655 131660 131666 131674 131677) L. haitensis, L. dominator (84952 93689 93716 93717 131563 131645 131656 131658 131659) L. haitensis, L. galliformis, L. dominator (89557)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic L. dominator (74967 75037 89558) L. haitensis (74966 75039 89560) L. haitensis, L. dominator (75036 75038 75040) L. haitensis, L. galliformis (89542) L. haitensis, L. galliformis, L. dominator (75043 89561)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic L. vokesae (89170) Strombus haitensis (58818 58822 58823) Strombus haitensis, Strombus maoensis (58815)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic L. dominator (74968 93733 93852) L. haitensis (80084 90620 131634 131639) L. haitensis, L. dominator (93737) L. haitensis, L. galliformis (94102)
Zanclean - Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic L. haitensis (93655)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Strombus costatus (131217)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Strombus bituberculatus (80304)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Haiti Strombus gigas (60881 60886 66812 66817)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Cuba Strombus gigas (66764 66770 66772 66775)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Eustrombus gigas, Titanostrombus williamsi (79747)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Bahamas Strombus gigas (80676)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Barbados Strombus gigas (88865)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Strombus gigas (80680)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Eustrombus gigas, Macrostrombus costatus (79739) L. raninus, L. gigas, L. costatus (96538) Macrostrombus costatus (79738)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands Strombus gigas (89553)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Belize Strombus gigas (88824 88825)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Strombus gigas (80677)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica (Saint Thomas) Strombus gigas (82858)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Strombus gigas (80407 80408)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas (San Salvador) Strombus gigas (148707)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Quintana Roo) Strombus gigas (82820)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Turks and Caicos Islands Strombus gigas (209855)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Colombia Strombus gigas (97680)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Dominican Republic Strombus gigas (75421)