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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 |
|---|---|
| 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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Lobatus gigas Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available