For the scientific journal, see Strombus (journal).
Strombus
Temporal range: Cretaceous - recent[1]
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Five views of a shell of the West Indian fighting conch, Strombus pugilis, type species of the genus Strombus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Caenogastropoda
Order:
Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Stromboidea
Family:
Strombidae
Genus:
Strombus Linnaeus, 1758[2]
Type species
Strombus pugilis
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Pyramis Röding, 1798
Strombella Schlüter, 1838
Strombus is a genus of medium to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Strombidae, which comprises the true conchs and their immediate relatives. The genus Strombus was named by Swedish Naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758. Around 50 living species were recognized, which vary in size from fairly small to very large. Six species live in the greater Caribbean region, including the queen conch, Strombus gigas (now usually known as Eustrombus gigas or Lobatus gigas), and the West Indian fighting conch, Strombus pugilis. However, since 2006, many species have been assigned to discrete genera.[3] These new genera are, however, not yet found in most textbooks and collector's guides.
Worldwide, several of the larger species are economically important as food sources; these include the endangered queen conch, which very rarely also produces a pink, gem-quality pearl.
In the geological past, a much larger number of species of Strombus existed.[4] Fossils of species within this genus have been found all over the world in sediments from Cretaceous to Quaternary (age range: 140.2 million years ago to recent).[5]
Of the living species, most are in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Many species of true conchs live on sandy bottoms among beds of sea grass in tropical waters. They eat algae and have a claw-shaped operculum.
^Sepkoski, J. J. Jr. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 99.
^Linnaeus C. (1758). Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 742; 1767, ed. 12, 1207.
^Cite error: The named reference Latiolais was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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