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Lobatus

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Lobatus
Lobatus raninus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Strombidae
Genus: Lobatus
Swainson, 1837
Type species
Strombus bituberculatus
Lamarck, 1822

Lobatus is a genus of very large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs. Some of the species within this genus were previously placed in the genus Eustrombus.[1]

Species

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Living and fossil species within the genus Lobatus include:[2][3][4]

Apertural and abapertural views of a shell of Lobatus peruvianus

Species brought into synonymy include:

References

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  1. ^ Landau B. M., Kronenberg G. C. & Herbert G. S. (2008). "A large species of Lobatus (Gastropoda: Strombidae) from the Neogene of the Dominican Republic, with notes on the genus". The Veliger 50(1): 31-38 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
  2. ^ "Lobatus [Swainson], 1837". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  3. ^ The Paleobiology Database
  4. ^ Landau B., Kronenberg G. C. & Da Silva C. M. (2010). "A new species of Lobatus (Caenogastropoda, Strombidae) from the Neogene of the Dominican Republic, with notes on further species from the Dominican assemblages". Basteria 74(4-6): 95-109.

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