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Strombus

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Strombus blanci

Tuamotu Archipelago, Tuamotu-Gambier, French Polynesia, France

Strombus blanci

Tuamotu Archipelago, Tuamotu-Gambier, French Polynesia, France

Strombus blanci

Tuamotu Archipelago, Tuamotu-Gambier, French Polynesia, France

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	10520	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=10520

Rank

genus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Strombidae : Strombus

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
superorder	Hypsogastropoda
infraorder	Littorinimorpha	Golikov and Starobogtov 1975
superfamily	Stromboidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Strombidae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Strombinae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Strombus	Linnaeus 1758

Common Name

conch

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Strombus	genus	belongs to Strombidae	stated without evidence	Olsson, 1931
Strombus	genus	belongs to Strombidae	stated with evidence	Gardner, 1947
Strombus	genus	belongs to Strombidae	stated without evidence	Abbass, 1967
Strombus	genus	belongs to Strombidae	stated with evidence	Ladd, 1972
Strombus	genus	belongs to Strombidae	implied	Wilson, 1993
Strombus	genus	belongs to Strombidae	stated with evidence	Todd, 2001
Strombus	genus	belongs to Strombidae	stated without evidence	Jung and Heitz, 2001
Strombus	genus	belongs to Neotaenioglossa	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Strombus	genus	belongs to Strombidae	stated without evidence	Harzhauser, 2002
Strombus	genus	belongs to Strombidae	stated with evidence	Harzhauser, 2004
Strombus	genus	belongs to Strombidae	stated without evidence	Vera-Peláez et al., 2004
Strombus	genus	belongs to Strombinae	stated with evidence	Harzhauser, 2007
Strombus	genus	belongs to Strombidae	stated with evidence	Freiheit and Geary, 2009
Strombus	genus	belongs to Strombinae	stated with evidence	Landau and Marques da Silva, 2010

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

37 (51%)

First Recorded Appearance

201 - 197 Ma
Early Jurassic

Motility

actively mobile (based on Strombidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

omnivore, grazer (based on Strombidae)

Ecospace Comments

DIMENSIONS & MORPHOLOGY: Based on ten randomly selected figured species.

Taphonomy

thick,minor folds, minor ribbing (based on Strombus)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Lambis genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	36	201 Ma Early Jurassic	0 Ma Extant
Strombus (Austrombus) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)	2	20.4 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Strombus (Conomurex) subgenus	listed (PBDB)	12	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Strombus (Dolomena) subgenus	listed (PBDB)	11	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Strombus (Doxander) subgenus	listed (PBDB)	4	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Strombus (Euprotomus) subgenus	listed (PBDB)	2	0.78 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Strombus (Eustrombus) subgenus	listed (PBDB)	6	47.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Strombus (Gibberulus) subgenus	listed (PBDB)	39	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Strombus (Labiostrombus) subgenus	listed (PBDB)	25	16.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Strombus (Laevistrombus) subgenus	listed (PBDB)	13	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Strombus (Lentigo) subgenus	listed (PBDB)	12	16.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Strombus (Macrostrombus) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)	8	3.60 Ma Pliocene	0.78 Ma Pleistocene
Strombus (Strombus) subgenus	listed (PBDB)	31	13.8 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Strombus (Tricornis) subgenus	listed (PBDB)	10	16.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Strombus alatus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	19	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Strombus arayaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Strombus bifrons ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	76	20.4 Ma Miocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Strombus blanci ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Strombus contortus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Strombus cossmanni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Strombus daviesi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Strombus evergladesensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Strombus fasciatus species	listed (PBDB)	7	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Strombus fasciatus species	listed (PBDB)	1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Strombus floridanus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	5.33 Ma Miocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Strombus galeatus species	listed (PBDB)	10	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Strombus gatunensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	17	11.6 Ma Miocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Strombus glaber ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Strombus herklotsi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Strombus inflatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Strombus javanus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Strombus junghuhni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Canarium labiatum species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	3.60 Ma Pliocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Strombus lindae species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	0.78 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Strombus mekranicus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Strombus nodosus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	28.1 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Strombus proximus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	65	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Strombus pugilis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	28	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Strombus sedanensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	23.0 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Strombus tournoueri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	48.6 Ma Eocene	48.6 Ma Eocene
Strombus triangulatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Strombus uncatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Canarium urceus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Euprotomus vomer species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	0.78 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1758	Strombus Linnaeus
1931	Strombus Olsson p. 92
1935	Strombus Oostingh p. 56
1947	Strombus Gardner p. 557
1960	Strombus MacNeil p. 48
1967	Strombus Abbass p. 60
1972	Strombus Ladd p. 57
1982	Strombus Ladd p. 34
1993	Strombus Wilson p. 155
2001	Strombus Jung and Heitz p. 20

Year	Name and Author
2001	Strombus Todd
2002	Strombus Harzhauser p. 85
2002	Strombus Sepkoski, Jr.
2004	Strombus Harzhauser p. 128
2004	Strombus Vera-Peláez et al. p. 257
2005	Strombus Nielsen p. 1121
2007	Strombus Harzhauser p. 102
2009	Strombus Freiheit and Geary p. 15
2010	Strombus Landau and Marques da Silva p. 27

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Olsson A. A. (1931) Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene, Bulletins of American Paleontology 17 63

Oostingh C. H. (1935) Die Mollusken des Pliozäns von Boemiajoe (Java), Dienst van den Mijnbouw in Nederlandsch-Indië Wetenschappelijke Mededeelingen 26, 1-247

Gardner J. R. (1947) The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 142A-H, 1-709

MacNeil F. S. (1960) Tertiary and Quaternary Gastropoda of Okinawa: A comparison of the late Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene Gastropoda of Okinawa with related faunas of East Asia together with a resume of the geological setting of the fossiliferous deposits, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 339, 1-148

Abbass H. L. (1967) A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene gastropods, United Arab Republic, Geological Survey-Geological Museum, Palaeontological Series, Monograph 4, 1-154

Ladd H. S. (1972) Cenozoic fossil mollusks from Western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Turritellidae through Strombidae), United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 532, 1-79

Ladd H. S. (1982) Cenozoic fossil mollusks from Western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Volutidae through Terebridae), United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1171, 1-100

Wilson B. (1993) , Australian Marine Shells 1

Jung P., Heitz A. (2001) The subgenus Lentigo (Gastropoda: Strombidae) in tropical America, fossil and living, The Veliger 44 1, 20-53

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections

Harzhauser M. (2002) Marine und brachyhaline Gastropoden aus dem Karpatium des Korneubuger Beckens und der Kreuzstettener Bucht (Österreich, Untermiozän), Beiträge zur Paläontologie 27, 61-159

Harzhauser M. (2004) Oligocene gastropod faunas for the Eastern Mediterranean (Mesohellenic Trough/Greece and Esfahan-Sirjan Basin/Central Iran), Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 248, 93-181

Vera-Peláez J. L., Lozano-Francisco M. C., et al (2004) Molluscos del Tirreniense (Pleistoceno Superior) de la Playa la Araña-Cala de Moral (Málaga), Revista Española de Paleontología 19 2, 251-259

Nielsen S. N. (2005) Exilia alanbeui, a new species from the Neogene of central Chile: the first record of Exilia (Gastropoda: Ptychatractidae) from South America, The Nautilus 119 4, 153-156

Harzhauser M. (2007) Oligocene and Aquitanian gastropod faunas from the Sultanate of Oman and their biogeographic implications for the western Indo-Pacific., Palaeontographica Abteilung A 280, 75-121

Freiheit J. R., Geary D. H. (2009) Neogene Paleontology of the Northern Dominican Republic. 23. Strombid Gastropods (Genera Strombus and Lobatus; Mollusca: Gastropoda: Strombidae) of the Cibao Valley, Bulletins of American Paleontology 376, 1-54

Landau B., Marques da Silva C. (2010) Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy, Palaeontos 19, 1-221

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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