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Macrostrombus

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Macrostrombus
Shells of Macrostrombus costatus, type species of the genus Macrostrombus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Strombidae
Genus: Macrostrombus
Petuch, 1994
Type species
Strombus costatus
Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms

Strombus (Macrostrombus) Petuch, 1994 (original rank)

Macrostrombus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ "Macrostrombus Petuch, 1994". WoRMS. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  • 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.