''Macrostrombus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
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
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the
family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
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
* † ''
Macrostrombus bartoni''
Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011
* † ''
Macrostrombus brachior''
(Petuch, 1994)
* † ''
Macrostrombus briani''
Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011
* † ''
Macrostrombus collierensis''
Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011
* ''
Macrostrombus 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, 1791)
* † ''
Macrostrombus diegelae''
(Petuch, 1991)
* † ''
Macrostrombus dubari''
Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011
* † ''
Macrostrombus haitensis''
(G. B. Sowerby I, 1850)
* † ''
Macrostrombus hertweckorum''
(Petuch, 1991)
* † ''
Macrostrombus jonesorum''
(Petuch, 1994)
* † ''
Macrostrombus leidyi''
(Heilprin, 1887)
* † ''
Macrostrombus mayacensis''
(H. I. Tucker & D. Wilson, 1933)
* † ''
Macrostrombus mulepenensis''
(Petuch, 1994)
* † ''
Macrostrombus oleiniki''
Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011
* † ''
Macrostrombus pascaleae''
(Landau, Kronenberg & Silva, 2010)
* † ''
Macrostrombus sargenti''
Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011
* † ''
Macrostrombus tomeui''
Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011
* † ''
Macrostrombus whicheri''
Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011
* † ''
Macrostrombus williamsi
''Macrostrombus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Strombidae, the true conchs.
Species
* † ''Macrostrombus bartoni'' Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011
* † ''Macrostrombus brachior' ...
''
(Olsson & Petit, 1964)
References
* Petuch E.J. (1994). Atlas of Florida fossil shells. Evanston, Illinois: Chicago Spectrum Press. 394 pp., 20 figs., 100 pls.
* 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.
{{Taxonbar, from=Q107282725
Strombidae
Gastropod genera