Striatostrombus is an extinct genus of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs. [1]

Striatostrombus
Shell of † Striatostrombus blanci (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Stromboidea
Family: Strombidae
Genus: Striatostrombus
Dekkers & S.J. Maxwell, 2018
Type species
Strombus blanci
Tröndlé & B. Salvat, 2010

Species edit

Striatostrombus currently includes two species:[2][3]

References edit

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Striatostrombus Dekkers & S. J. Maxwell, 2018. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1324126 on 2022-07-01
  2. ^ "Striatostrombus Dekkers & S. J. Maxwell, 2018". MolluscaBase. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  3. ^ Dekkers, Aart M.; Maxwell, Stephen J. (January 2018). "Presenting a new genus within Strombidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Littorinimorpha) with notes on the taxonomic position of Strombus (Lentigo) micklei Ladd, 1972 and the validity of Strombus (s.l.) blanci Tröndlé & Salvat, 2010". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 131 (1): 220–226. doi:10.2988/18-00009.

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