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Lobatus

Lobatus
Strombus gallus 15a.jpg
Apertural and abapertural views of three distinct shells of Lobatus gallus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Littorinimorpha
Family: Strombidae
Genus: Lobatus
Swainson, 1837
Type species
Strombus bituberculatus Lamarck, 1822
Synonyms
  • Aliger Thiele, 1929
  • Eustrombus Wenz, 1940
  • Macrostrombus Petuch, 1994
  • Titanostrombus Petuch, 1994

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.

Species within the genus Lobatus include:


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