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Lobatus
Sign in to save' Lobatus''' is a genus of very large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs. Some of the species within this genus were previously placed in the genus Eustrombus''.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderLittorinimorpha
- FamilyStrombidae
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- Specimen records
- 678
- With media
- 14
- Family
- Strombidae
- Collections
- PRI, UF
- Recorded in
- United States
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- Strombidae
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' Lobatus''' is a genus of very large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs. Some of the species within this genus were previously placed in the genus Eustrombus.
==Species== Living and fossil species within the genus Lobatus include: thumb|upright|Apertural and abapertural views of a shell of Lobatus peruvianus Lobatus peruvianus (Swainson, 1823) Lobatus raninus (Gmelin, 1791) †Lobatus dominator (Pilsbry, 1917) †Lobatus galliformis (Pilsbry, 1917) †Lobatus haitensis (Sowerby, 1850) †Lobatus leidyi (Heilprin, 1887) †Lobatus vokesae Landau et al., 2008 †Lobatus williamsi (Olson & Petit, 1964)
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