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Lobatus

Genus of gastropods

Lobatus
Summary

Genus of gastropods

** *Lobatus''''' is a genus of very large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs. Some of the species within this genus were previously placed in the genus Eustrombus.

Species

Living and fossil species within the genus Lobatus include:

Apertural and abapertural views of a shell of ''Lobatus peruvianus''
  • Lobatus peruvianus (Swainson, 1823)
  • Lobatus raninus (Gmelin, 1791)
  • †Lobatus dominator (Pilsbry, 1917)
  • †Lobatus galliformis (Pilsbry, 1917)
  • †Lobatus haitensis (Sowerby, 1850)
  • †Lobatus leidyi (Heilprin, 1887)
  • †Lobatus vokesae Landau et al., 2008
  • †Lobatus williamsi (Olson & Petit, 1964)

Species brought into synonymy include:

  • Lobatus costatus (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Macrostrombus costatus (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Lobatus galeatus (Swainson, 1823) accepted as Titanostrombus galeatus (Swainson, 1823)
  • Lobatus gallus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Aliger gallus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Lobatus gigas (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Aliger gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Lobatus goliath (Schröter, 1805) accepted as Titanostrombus goliath (Schröter, 1805)
  • Lobatus magolecciai (Macsotay & Campos, 2001) accepted as Lobatus raninus (Gmelin, 1791) (junior subjective synonym)

References

References

  1. Landau B. M., Kronenberg G. C. & Herbert G. S. (2008). "A large species of ''Lobatus'' (Gastropoda: Strombidae) from the Neogene of the Dominican Republic, with notes on the genus". ''The Veliger'' '''50'''(1): 31-38 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
  2. "Lobatus [Swainson], 1837".
  3. [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=146670 The Paleobiology Database]
  4. Landau B., Kronenberg G. C. & Da Silva C. M. (2010). "A new species of ''Lobatus'' (Caenogastropoda, Strombidae) from the Neogene of the Dominican Republic, with notes on further species from the Dominican assemblages". ''[[Basteria]]'' '''74'''(4-6): 95-109.
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