Doxander is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]
| Doxander | |
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| Five views of a shell of Doxander vittatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Stromboidea |
| Family: | Strombidae |
| Genus: | Doxander Wenz, 1940 |
| Type species | |
| Doxander vittatus vittatus | |
The name Doxander was originally given by Iredale to this genus in 1931.[2] But since he did not provide a description, the name Doxander, Iredale, 1931 is no longer available under Art. 13.1 of the ICZN Code.
Species edit
Species within the genus Doxander include:
- Doxander campbelli (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834)
- Doxander entropi (Man in 't Veld & Visser, 1993)
- Doxander japonicus (Reeve, 1851)
- Doxander operosus (Röding, 1798)
- Doxander vittatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Doxander apicatus (Man in't Veld, L.A. & G.J. Visser, 1993): synonym of Doxander operosus (Röding, 1798)
References edit
- ^ a b Doxander Wenz, 1940. WoRMS (2009). Doxander. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531655 on 29 March 2011 .
- ^ Records of the Australian Museum (1931), 18(4): 212, 232)
- Wenz, W. (1938-1944). Gastropoda. Teil 1: Allgemeiner Teil und Prosobranchia. xii + 1639 pp. In: Schindewolf, O.H. (Ed.) Handbuch der Paläozoologie, Band 6. Bornträger, Berlin.
- 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
- Dekkers A.M. & Maxwell S.J. (2020). An examination of the relationships between extant Dolomena Wenz, 1940, Doxander Wenz, 1940, Mirabilistrombus Kronenberg, 1998, Neodilatilabrum Dekkers, 2008 and Labiostrombus Oostingh, 1925 (Stromboidea: Neostromboidae: Strombidae). The Festivus. 52(1): 39-59
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