Lambis

Lambis
Temporal range: Tertiary–Recent
Five views of a shell of Lambis crocata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Stromboidea
Family: Strombidae
Genus: Lambis
Röding, 1798[2]
Type species
Strombus lambis Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • Lambis (Lambis) Röding, 1798
  • Lambis (Millepes) Mörch, 1852
  • Millepes Mörch, 1852
  • Pterocera Lamarck, 1799 (junior objective synonym of Lambis)
  • Pterocera (Heptadactylus) Mörch, 1852
  • Pterocera (Millepes) Mörch, 1852
  • Pteroceras as of Link, 1807 (incorrect subsequent spelling of Pterocera)

Lambis is a genus of large sea snails sometimes known as spider conchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conch family.[3]

  1. ^ Sepkoski, J. J. Jr. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 95.
  2. ^ Röding P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens conchylia sive testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. pp. [1-3], [1-8], 1-199. Hamburg. page 61.
  3. ^ Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2011). Lambis Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2011-04-23