WoRMS taxon details
Lambis truncata ([Lightfoot], 1786)
AphiaID: 211091
AphiaID: 211091
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Stromboidea (Superfamily) > Strombidae (Family) > Lambis (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Lambis Röding, 1798 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Lambis bryonia Gmelin, 1791 Pterocera bryonia (Gmelin, 1791) Strombus truncatus [Lightfoot], 1786 (original combination) | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56 [details] basis of record: Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Walls, J.G. (1980). Conchs, tibias and harps. A survey of the molluscan families Strombidae and Harpidae. T.F.H. Publications Ltd, Hong Kong. [details] | |||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Lambis truncata sebae (Kiener, 1843) Subspecies Lambis truncata truncata ([Lightfoot], 1786) | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Aldabra [details] Chagos [details] Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mauritius [details] Tanzania (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: The largest and heaviest of spider shells, up to 40 cm. Similar to L. lambis but with a more squarish outline. Younger shells creamy white; columella and lip usually mauve brown when older. Habitat: on rubble and coarse sand in shallow water. Distribution: Indian Ocean. Regional names: Kis. Visimba, Vikocho. (Richmond, 1997). [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:211091 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Lambis truncata ([Lightfoot], 1786). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211091 on 2013-05-20 | ||||||||||||||
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