''Aliger'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s,
marine gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Strombidae
Strombidae, common name, commonly known as the true conchs, is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of medium-sized to very large sea snails in the superfamily (zoology), superfamily Stromboidea, and the Epifamily Neostromboid ...
, the true conchs.
''Aliger'' was previously a synonym of ''
Lobatus'' Swainson, 1837
Species
Species within the genus ''Aliger'' include:
*
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Aliger dominator''
(Pilsbry
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& Johnson
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, 1917)
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Aliger galliformis
''Aliger'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.
''Aliger'' was previously a synonym of '' Lobatus'' Swainson, 1837
Species
Species within the genus ''Aliger'' include:
*†'' Aliger dom ...
''
(Pilsbry
Henry Augustus Pilsbry (7 December 1862 – 26 October 1957) was an American biologist, malacologist and carcinologist, among other areas of study. He was a dominant presence in many fields of invertebrate taxonomy for the better part of a cent ...
& Johnson
Johnson may refer to:
People and fictional characters
*Johnson (surname), a common surname in English
* Johnson (given name), a list of people
* List of people with surname Johnson, including fictional characters
*Johnson (composer) (1953–2011) ...
, 1917)
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Aliger gallus
''Aliger gallus'', previously known as ''Strombus gallus'', common name the rooster conch or rooster-tail conch, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.MolluscaBase eds. (202 ...
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(Linnaeus
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, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
):
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Aliger gigas
''Aliger gigas'', originally known as ''Strombus gigas'' or more recently as ''Lobatus gigas'', common name, commonly known as the queen conch, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family (biology), family of true c ...
''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
)
:Species brought into synonymy:
*''Aliger costatus''
(Gmelin Gmelin may refer to:
* Karl Christian Gmelin, Carl Christian Gmelin (1762–1837), German botanist, author of ''Flora Badensis, Alsatica et confinium regionum cis- et transrhenania'' (1806)
* Charles Gmelin (1872–1950), British Olympic athlete
* ...
, 1791):
synonym of ''
Lobatus costatus
''Macrostrombus costatus'', formerly known as ''Strombus costatus'' and ''Lobatus costatus'', or commonly known as the milk conch, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs. They are an ...
''
(Gmelin Gmelin may refer to:
* Karl Christian Gmelin, Carl Christian Gmelin (1762–1837), German botanist, author of ''Flora Badensis, Alsatica et confinium regionum cis- et transrhenania'' (1806)
* Charles Gmelin (1872–1950), British Olympic athlete
* ...
, 1791)
References
* Thiele, J. (1929-1935). ''Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde''. Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1154 pp. Vol. 1 part 1: 1-376
etween 4 September and 21 October 1929 Vol. 1 part 2: 377-778
efore 31 October 1931 Vol. 2 part 3: 779-1022
efore 19 January 1934 Vol. 2 part 4: i-iv, 1023–1154, i-vi for volume 1
efore 27 March 1935 Dates from Bieler, R. & Boss, K. J. (1989), Nemouria, 34.
* 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.
* Maxwell S.J., Dekkers A.M., Rymer T.L. & Congdon B.C. (2020). Towards resolving the American and West African Strombidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Neostromboidae) using integrated taxonomy. The Festivus. 52(1): 3-38.
Strombidae
Gastropod genera
Taxa named by Johannes Thiele (zoologist)
Taxa described in 1929
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