''Margistrombus'' 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 ...
mollusks
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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 ''Margistrombus'' include:
* ''
Margistrombus marginatus
''Margistrombus marginatus'', the marginate conch, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.Bouchet, P. (2011). Margistrombus marginatus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register ...
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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 ...
)
* ''
Margistrombus robustus''
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1875)
* ''
Margistrombus septimus''
(Duclos, 1844)
* ''
Margistrombus simanoki
''Margistrombus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.
Species
Species within the genus ''Margistrombus'' include:
* ''Margistrombus marginatus'' (Linnaeus, 1758
Events
Jan ...
''
Liverani, 2013
* ''
Margistrombus succinctus''
(Linnaeus, 1767)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Margistrombus boucheti''
Thach, 2016: synonym of ''Margistrombus robustus''
(G. B. Sowerby III, 1875)
References
* Bandel K. (2007) About the larval shell of some Stromboidea, connected to a review of the classification and phylogeny of the Strombimorpha (Caenogastropoda). Freiberger Forschungshefte, ser. C 524: 97-206.
* Dekkers A.M. (2008). ''Revision of the family Strombidae (Gastropoda)on the supraspecific level. Part One''. De Kreukel. 44(3): 35–64.
* 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.
Strombidae
Gastropod genera
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