Strombus Linnaeus 1758 (conch)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae

Parent taxon: Strombinae according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010

See also Abbass 1967, Freiheit and Geary 2009, Gabb 1868, Gardner 1947, Harris and Palmer 1947, Harzhauser 2002, Harzhauser 2004, Harzhauser 2007, Jung and Heitz 2001, Ladd 1972, Ladd 1982, MacNeil 1960, Nielsen 2005, Olsson 1931, Oostingh 1935, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001, Vera-Peláez et al. 2004 and Wilson 1993

Sister taxa: Dilatilabrum, Persististrombus

Subtaxa: Strombus (Austrombus) Strombus (Conomurex) Strombus (Dolomena) Strombus (Doxander) Strombus (Euprotomus) Strombus (Eustrombus) Strombus (Gibberulus) Strombus (Labiostrombus) Strombus (Laevistrombus) Strombus (Lentigo) Strombus (Macrostrombus) Strombus (Strombus) Strombus (Tricornis) Strombus alatus Strombus albirupianus Strombus arayaensis Strombus bifrons Strombus blanci Strombus contortus Strombus cossmanni Strombus daviesi Strombus evergladesensis Strombus fasciatus Strombus fasciatus Strombus floridanus Strombus galeatus Strombus gatunensis Strombus glaber Strombus herklotsi Strombus inflatus Strombus javanus Strombus junghuhni Strombus labiatus Strombus lindae Strombus mekranicus Strombus nodosus Strombus proximus Strombus pugilis Strombus sedanensis Strombus tournoueri Strombus triangulatus Strombus uncatus Strombus urceus Strombus vomer

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Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), the Bahamas (1), Cape Verde (1), Colombia (1), Costa Rica (2), Cuba (1), Djibouti (9), the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (1), Egypt (3), Eritrea (4), Fiji (1), French Polynesia (1), Guadeloupe (1), Guam (1), Haiti (4), India (1), Italy (2), Japan (7), Jordan (1), Kenya (8), the Marshall Islands (1), Mexico (5), the Netherlands Antilles (2), Northern Mariana Islands (1), Panama (1), the Philippines (1), Saudi Arabia (8), the Seychelles (5), Spain (18), Sudan (1), Tanzania (1), Turks and Caicos Islands (1), United States (41: Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, South Carolina), Vanuatu (5), Venezuela (3), Yemen (5)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Guam (1), Malaysia (4), Mexico (1), United States (2: Florida)

• Pliocene of Colombia (3), Costa Rica (14), the Dominican Republic (20), Egypt (1), Fiji (3), India (1), Indonesia (15), Jamaica (5), Japan (5), the Marshall Islands (1), Mexico (3), Pakistan (1), Panama (12), the Philippines (4), Spain (1), United States (13: California, Florida), Vanuatu (2), Venezuela (9)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (17), Indonesia (1)

• Miocene of Australia (9), Brazil (1), Chile (3), Colombia (13), Costa Rica (1), Cuba (1), the Dominican Republic (77), Ecuador (1), Fiji (2), France (1), Grenada (2), Guam (1), India (4), Indonesia (16), Iran (1), Japan (1), Madagascar (1), the Marshall Islands (5), Mexico (4), Northern Mariana Islands (4), Pakistan (3), Palau (2), Panama (42), the Philippines (1), Puerto Rico (2), Saudi Arabia (4), Somalia (3), South Africa (1), Spain (1), Sri Lanka (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (5: California, Florida), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Austria (1), Haiti (1), United States (6: Florida)

• Oligocene of Haiti (2), Iran (1), Jamaica (1), Somalia (1), United States (2: Florida, Georgia)

• Eocene of Croatia (2), Egypt (1), Germany (1), Hungary (2), India (1), Italy (2), Libya (1), Pakistan (2), Romania (3), Somalia (1), United States (8: Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina)

• Paleocene of Pakistan (2)

• Cretaceous of France (2), Oman (1), Portugal (2), Switzerland (3), the United Arab Emirates (1)

• Jurassic of Ethiopia (2), France (1), Saudi Arabia (2), Somalia (2)

Total: 564 collections including 722 occurrences

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