Aliger
| Aliger | |
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| Aliger gigas | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Stromboidea |
| Family: | Strombidae |
| Genus: | Aliger Thiele, 1929 |
| Type species | |
| Strombus gallus | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Aliger is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]
Aliger was previously a synonym of Lobatus Swainson, 1837[2]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Aliger include:
- †Aliger dominator (Pilsbry & Johnson, 1917)
- †Aliger galliformis (Pilsbry & Johnson, 1917)
- Aliger gallus (Linnaeus, 1758):[3]
- Aliger gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species brought into synonymy:
- Aliger costatus (Gmelin, 1791):[4] synonym of Lobatus costatus (Gmelin, 1791)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Aliger". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Aliger gallus (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
- ^ Aliger costatus (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
- Thiele, J. (1929-1935). Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde. Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1154 pp. Vol. 1 part 1: 1-376 [between 4 September and 21 October 1929]; Vol. 1 part 2: 377-778 [before 31 October 1931]; Vol. 2 part 3: 779-1022 [before 19 January 1934]; Vol. 2 part 4: i-iv, 1023–1154, i-vi for volume 1 [before 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.