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Margistrombus

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Margistrombus
Margistrombus robustus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Stromboidea
Family: Strombidae
Genus: Margistrombus
Bandel, 2007
Type species
Strombus marginatus Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[1]
  • Neodilatilabrum Dekkers, 2008
  • Strombus (Margistrombus) Bandel, 2007

Margistrombus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]

Species

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Species within the genus Margistrombus include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Margistrombus boucheti Thach, 2016: synonym of Margistrombus robustus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1875)

References

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  1. ^ a b Margistrombus Bandel, 2007. WoRMS (2009). Margistrombus. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531668 on 26 March 2011 .
  • Bandel K. (2007) About the larval shell of some Stromboidea, connected to a review of the classification and phylogeny of the Strombimorpha (Caenogastropoda). Freiberger Forschungshefte, ser. C 524: 97-206.
  • Dekkers A.M. (2008). Revision of the family Strombidae (Gastropoda)on the supraspecific level. Part One. De Kreukel. 44(3): 35–64.
  • Liverani V. (2014) The superfamily Stromboidea. Addenda and corrigenda. In: G.T. Poppe, K. Groh & C. Renker (eds), A conchological iconography. pp. 1–54, pls 131–164. Harxheim: Conchbooks.