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Lambis

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Lambis
Temporal range: Tertiary–Recent
Five views of a shell of Lambis crocata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Stromboidea
Family: Strombidae
Genus: Lambis
Röding, 1798[2]
Type species
Strombus lambis Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • Lambis (Lambis) Röding, 1798
  • Lambis (Millepes) Mörch, 1852
  • Millepes Mörch, 1852
  • Pterocera Lamarck, 1799 (junior objective synonym of Lambis)
  • Pterocera (Heptadactylus) Mörch, 1852
  • Pterocera (Millepes) Mörch, 1852
  • Pteroceras as of Link, 1807 (incorrect subsequent spelling of Pterocera)

Lambis is a genus of large sea snails sometimes known as spider conchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conch family.[3]

Description

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The siphonal canal is long and curved, and the apertural lip is adorned with circumapertural projections, which are fingerlike processes emanating from the edge of the shell aperture.[4]

Species

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Species within the genus Lambis include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Lambis adamii (Bozzetti & Cossignani, 2003) : synonym of Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Lambis aratrum Röding, 1798: synonym of Euprotomus aratrum (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
  • Lambis arthritica Röding, 1798 : synonym of Harpago arthriticus (Röding, 1798)
  • Lambis aurantia (Lamarck, 1822) : synonym of Lambis crocata (Link, 1807)
  • Lambis bryonia (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Lambis truncata ([Lightfoot], 1786)
  • Lambis bulla Röding, 1798: synonym of Euprotomus bulla (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
  • Lambis carinata Röding, 1798: synonym of Margistrombus marginatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Lambis carnaria Röding, 1798: synonym of Persististrombus latus (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Thetystrombus latus (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Lambis carnea Röding, 1798: synonym of Persististrombus latus (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Thetystrombus latus (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Lambis cerea Röding, 1798: synonym of Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Lambis chiragra (Linnaeus, 1758) : synonym of Harpago chiragra (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Lambis cristinae Bozzetti, 1999: synonym of Lambis scorpius indomaris Abbott, 1961 (hybrid of L. scorpius indomaris x L. lambis)
  • Lambis curruca Röding, 1798: synonym of Tricornis tricornis ([Lightfoot], 1786)
  • Lambis decora Röding, 1798: synonym of Conomurex decorus (Röding, 1798)
  • Lambis digitata (Perry, G., 1811): synonym of Ophioglossolambis digitata (Perry, 1811)
  • Lambis flammeus Link, 1807: synonym of Conomurex persicus (Swainson, 1821)
  • Lambis fragilis Röding, 1798: synonym of Terestrombus fragilis (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
  • Lambis gibbosa Röding, 1798: synonym of Gibberulus gibberulus gibbosus (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
  • Lambis harpago Röding, 1798: synonym of Harpago chiragra (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Lambis hermaphrodita Röding, 1798: synonym of Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Lambis indomaris Abbott, 1961: synonym of Lambis scorpius indomaris Abbott, 1961
  • Lambis labiata Röding, 1798: synonym of Canarium labiatum (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
  • Lambis laciniata Röding, 1798: synonym of Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Lambis lamboides Röding, 1798: synonym of Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Lambis lobata Röding, 1798: synonym of Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Lambis lobata Röding, 1798 (: 65): synonym of Sinustrombus sinuatus ([Lightfoot], 1786)
  • Lambis maculata Röding, 1798: synonym of Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Lambis picta Röding, 1798: synonym of Sinustrombus latissimus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Lambis pipa Röding, 1798: synonym of Lentigo pipus (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
  • Lambis plicata Röding, 1798: synonym of Dolomena plicata (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
  • Lambis rana Röding, 1798: synonym of Lentigo lentiginosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Lambis reticulata Link, 1807: synonym of Canarium labiatum (Röding, 1798) (uncertain synonym)
  • Lambis rugosa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842): synonym of Harpago chiragra rugosus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842)
  • Lambis sebae (Kiener, 1843): synonym of Lambis truncata sebae (Kiener, 1843)
  • Lambis sowerbyi (Mörch, 1872): synonym of Lambis truncata sowerbyi (Mörch, 1872)
  • Lambis turturella Röding, 1798: synonym of Laevistrombus turturella (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
  • Lambis undulata Röding, 1798: synonym of Harpago chiragra (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Lambis velum Röding, 1798: synonym of Lobatus gallus (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Aliger gallus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Lambis violacea (Swainson, 1821): synonym of Ophioglossolambis violacea (Swainson, 1821)
  • Lambis vomer Röding, 1798: synonym of Euprotomus vomer (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
  • Lambis wheelwhrighti Greene, 1978: synonym of Lambis arachnoides Shikama, 1971

References

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  1. ^ Sepkoski, J. J. Jr. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 95.
  2. ^ Röding P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens conchylia sive testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. pp. [1-3], [1-8], 1-199. Hamburg. page 61.
  3. ^ Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2011). Lambis Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2011-04-23
  4. ^ Stone J. R. (last change 15 September 2004). "Projecting into the past to determine ancestral forms" Archived 2008-12-03 at the Wayback Machine. accessed 27 September 2010.
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.