Lobatus goliath
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| Lateral view of a shell of Lobatus goliath, anterior end towards the right | |
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Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Stromboidea |
| Family: | Strombidae |
| Genus: | Lobatus |
| Species: | L. goliath |
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Lobatus goliath (Schröter, 1805) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Eustrombus goliath (Schröter, 1805) |
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Eustrombus goliath (Schröter, 1805)
Strombus goliath Schröter, 1805
Lobatus goliath, previously known as Eustrombus goliath and Strombus goliath, common name the goliath conch, is a species of very large edible sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs. L. goliath is one of the largest mollusks of the Western Atlantic Ocean, and also one of the largest species among the Strombidae. It was once considered endemic to Brazil, but specimens have also been recently found in the waters of Barbados. Brazilian common names for this species include búzio de chapéu or búzio (in Ceará state), and búzio de aba or buzo in (Bahia state).L. goliath is considered closely related to the queen conch, Lobatus gigas.
This species was first named as Strombus goliath by German theologian Johann Samuel Schröter in 1805. It is named after the biblical character Goliath, who is traditionally considered to have been of tremendous size.
The family Strombidae have undergone an extensive taxonomic revision recently and many subgenera, including Eustrombus, were elevated to genus level by some authors. Petuch recombined this species as Titanostrombus goliath in 2004, and Landau et al. recombined it as Lobatus goliath in 2008. The type locality of this species is Paracuru beach, north of Fortaleza, in Ceará state (Brazil).
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