Laevistrombus Temporal range:
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Five different views of a shell of an adult Laevistrombus turturella: abapertural (upper left), right lateral (center), apertural (upper right), apical (lower left) and basal (lower right) | |
Five different views of a shell of an adult Laevistrombus canarium | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Stromboidea |
Family: | Strombidae |
Genus: | Laevistrombus Abbott, 1960 |
Type species | |
Strombus canarium | |
Synonyms | |
Strombus (Laevistrombus) Abbott, 1960 (original rank) |
Laevistrombus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[2]