''Doxander'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
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mollusks
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in the
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Strombidae
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, the true conchs.
The name ''Doxander'' was originally given by
Iredale to this genus in 1931.
[Records of the Australian Museum (1931), 18(4): 212, 232)] But since he did not provide a description, the name ''Doxander'', Iredale, 1931 is no longer available under Art. 13.1 of the
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Species
Species within the genus ''Doxander'' include:
*''
Doxander campbelli''
(Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834)
* ''
Doxander entropi''
(Man in 't Veld & Visser, 1993)
*''
Doxander japonicus''
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, 1851)
* ''
Doxander operosus''
(Röding, 1798)
*''
Doxander vittatus
''Doxander vittatus'', common name the vitate snail, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true snails.Bouchet, P. (2011). Doxander vittatus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Reg ...
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(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 1758
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January–March
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;Species brought into synonymy:
*''Doxander apicatus''
(Man in't Veld, L.A. & G.J. Visser, 1993): synonym of ''Doxander operosus''
(Röding, 1798)
References
* Wenz, W. (1938-1944). Gastropoda. Teil 1: Allgemeiner Teil und Prosobranchia. xii + 1639 pp. In: Schindewolf, O.H. (Ed.) Handbuch der Paläozoologie, Band 6. Bornträger, Berlin.
* 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
* Dekkers A.M. & Maxwell S.J. (2020). An examination of the relationships between extant Dolomena Wenz, 1940, Doxander Wenz, 1940, Mirabilistrombus Kronenberg, 1998, Neodilatilabrum Dekkers, 2008 and Labiostrombus Oostingh, 1925 (Stromboidea: Neostromboidae: Strombidae). The Festivus. 52(1): 39-59
External links
Iredale, T. (1931). Australian molluscan notes. Nº I. Records of the Australian Museum. 18: 201-235
Strombidae
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