''Euprotomus'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
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.
Species
Species within the genus ''Euprotomus'' include:
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Euprotomus aratrum
''Euprotomus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.
Species
Species within the genus ''Euprotomus'' include:
*'' Euprotomus aratrum'' ( Röding, 1798)
*''Euprotomus aurisdianae'' (Linnae ...
''
( Röding, 1798)
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Euprotomus aurisdianae
''Euprotomus aurisdianae'', common name the Diana conch, is a species of small to medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.
Shell description
The maximum shell length of this species is up to ...
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(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 ...
)
*''
Euprotomus aurora''
Kronenberg, 2002
*''
Euprotomus bulla
''Euprotomus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.
Species
Species within the genus ''Euprotomus'' include:
*'' Euprotomus aratrum'' ( Röding, 1798)
*''Euprotomus aurisdianae'' (Linnae ...
''
( Röding, 1798)
*''
Euprotomus chrysostomus''
( Kuroda, 1942)
*''
Euprotomus hawaiensis''
(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 ...
, 1917, "1918")
*''
Euprotomus hirasei''
( Kuroda, 1942)
*''
Euprotomus iredalei''
( Abbott, 1960)
*''
Euprotomus vomer''
( Röding, 1798)
;Species brought into synonymy:
*''Euprotomus donnellyi''
Iredale, 1931: synonym of ''Euprotomus vomer''
( Röding, 1798)
*''Euprotomus kiwi''
(Bozzetti, L. & D.M. Sargent, 2011): synonym of ''Euprotomus vomer''
( Röding, 1798)
References
* 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
External links
Gill T. (1870). ''On the Pterocerae of Lamarck, and their mutual relations''. American Journal of Conchology. 5(3): 120-139Mörch O.A.L. (1852). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso D’Aguirra & Gadea, Comes de Yoldi 1, Cephalophora. L. Klein, Hafniae [Copenhagen], 170 pp
Strombidae
Gastropod genera
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