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Strombidae Rafinesque, 1815

23123  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:23123)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Littorinimorpha (Order)
  7. Stromboidea (Superfamily)
  8. Strombidae (Family)
accepted
Family
Dolomenini Dekkers & S. J. Maxwell, 2020 · alternative representation
Doxanderina Dekkers & S. J. Maxwell, 2020 · alternative representation
Neoaligerinae S. J. Maxwell & Rymer, 2021 · unaccepted (unavailable name: not based on an...)  
unavailable name: not based on an available genus-group name
Neostromboidae S. J. Maxwell, Dekkers, Rymer & Congdon, 2019 · unaccepted (unavailable name: not based on an...)  
unavailable name: not based on an available genus group name

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  1. Genus Alatostrombus Raven, 2021 †
  2. Genus Aliger Thiele, 1929
  3. Genus Antestrombus S. J. Maxwell, Dekkers, Rymer & Congdon, 2020 †
  4. Genus Austrombus S. N. Nielsen, 2005 †
  5. Genus Barneystrombus Blackwood, 2009
  6. Genus Canarium Schumacher, 1817
  7. Genus Conomurex P. Fischer, 1884
  8. Genus Dolomena Wenz, 1940
  9. Genus Dominus Dekkers & S. J. Maxwell, 2020
  10. Genus Doxander Wenz, 1940
  11. Genus Edpetuchistrombus S. J. Maxwell, Dekkers, Rymer & Congdon, 2020 †
  12. Genus Euprotomus T. Gill, 1870
  13. Genus Europrotomus Kronenberg & Harzhauser, 2012 †
  14. Genus Fusistrombus Bandel, 2007
  15. Genus Gibberulus Jousseaume, 1888
  16. Genus Harpago Mörch, 1852
  17. Genus Hawaiistrombus Bandel, 2007
  18. Genus Indocanarium Thach, 2025 †
  19. Genus Javastrombus Altaba, 2024 †
  20. Genus Jogjacartanus K. Martin, 1931 †
  21. Genus Labiostrombus Oostingh, 1925
  22. Genus Laevispira Raven, 2021 †
  23. Genus Laevistrombus Abbott, 1960
  24. Genus Lambis Röding, 1798
  25. Genus Latissistrombus Bandel, 2007
  26. Genus Lentigo Jousseaume, 1886
  27. Genus Lobatus [Swainson], 1837
  28. Genus Macrostrombus Petuch, 1994
  29. Genus Maculastrombus Liverani, Dekkers & S. J. Maxwell, 2021
  30. Genus Ministrombus Bandel, 2007
  31. Genus Mirabilistrombus Kronenberg, 1998
  32. Genus Ophioglossolambis Dekkers, 2012
  33. Genus Persististrombus Kronenberg & H. G. Lee, 2007
  34. Genus Platyoptera Conrad, 1855 †
  35. Genus Spinatus Dekkers, Liverani, Ćorić, S. J. Maxwell & Landau, 2020 †
  36. Genus Striatostrombus Dekkers & S. J. Maxwell, 2018 †
  37. Genus Stromboconus De Gregorio, 1896 †
  38. Genus Strombus Linnaeus, 1758
  39. Genus Terestrombus Kronenberg & Vermeij, 2002
  40. Genus Thetystrombus Dekkers, 2008
  41. Genus Titanostrombus Petuch, 1994
  42. Genus Tricornis Jousseaume, 1886
  43. Genus Tridentarius Kronenberg & Vermeij, 2002
  44. Genus Volutostrombus Garvie, 2013 †
  45. Genus Woodringius Dekkers, 2025 †
  46. Genus Leiorhinus Gabb, 1860 † (uncertain > unassessed)
  47. Genus Margistrombus Bandel, 2007 (uncertain)
  48. Genus Alata Linck, 1783 accepted as Strombus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  49. Genus Amabiliplicatus Dekkers & S. J. Maxwell, 2020 accepted as Dolomena (Amabiliplicatus) Dekkers & S. J. Maxwell, 2020 represented as Dolomena Wenz, 1940 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  50. Genus Bothrodon Kerr, 1927 accepted as Harpago Mörch, 1852 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
  51. Genus Eustrombus Wenz, 1940 accepted as Aliger Thiele, 1929 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  52. Genus Gallinula Mörch, 1852 accepted as Labiostrombus Oostingh, 1925 (Invalid: junior homonym of Gallinula Brisson, 1760 [Aves]; Labiostrombus is a replacement name)
  53. Genus Harpagus Vernus, 1892 accepted as Lambis Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior homonym, not Harpagus Vigors, 1824 (Aves); not Harpagus Stephens, 1834 (Lepidoptera))
  54. Genus Millepes Mörch, 1852 accepted as Lambis Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  55. Genus Monodactylus Mörch, 1852 accepted as Euprotomus T. Gill, 1870 (Invalid: junior homonym of Monodactylus Lacépède, 1802 [Pisces])
  56. Subfamily Neoaligerinae S. J. Maxwell & Rymer, 2021 accepted as Strombidae Rafinesque, 1815 (unavailable name: not based on an available genus-group name)
  57. Genus Neodilatilabrum Dekkers, 2008 accepted as Dolomena Wenz, 1940 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  58. Genus Neostrombus Liverani, Dekkers & S. J. Maxwell, 2021 accepted as Fusistrombus Bandel, 2007 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
  59. Genus Pacificus Dekkers & S. J. Maxwell, 2020 accepted as Dolomena (Pacificus) Dekkers & S. J. Maxwell, 2020 represented as Dolomena Wenz, 1940 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  60. Genus Pterocera Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Lambis Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
  61. Genus Pteroceras sensu Link, 1806 accepted as Pterocera Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Lambis Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  62. Genus Pterocerus [sic] accepted as Pterocera Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Lambis Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  63. Genus Pyramis Röding, 1798 accepted as Strombus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
  64. Subfamily Rimellinae R. B. Stewart, 1927 accepted as Rimellidae R. B. Stewart, 1927 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  65. Genus Sinustrombus Bandel, 2007 accepted as Latissistrombus Bandel, 2007 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  66. Genus Solidistrombus Dekkers, 2008 accepted as Latissistrombus Bandel, 2007 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  67. Genus Strombella Schlüter, 1838 accepted as Strombus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
  68. Genus Strombidea Swainson, 1840 accepted as Canarium Schumacher, 1817 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  69. Genus Strombites Schlotheim, 1820 † accepted as Strombus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > unavailable name, ICZN Art. 20 discarding names formed with suffix "-ites" to denote fossils)
  70. Genus Thersistrombus Bandel, 2007 accepted as Lentigo Jousseaume, 1886 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  71. Genus Wagneria Heilprin, 1887 † accepted as Orthaulax Gabb, 1873 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  72. Tribe Aligerini S. J. Maxwell, Dekkers, Rymer & Congdon, 2020 represented as Strombidae Rafinesque, 1815
  73. Tribe Dolomenini Dekkers & S. J. Maxwell, 2020 represented as Strombidae Rafinesque, 1815
  74. Subtribe Doxanderina Dekkers & S. J. Maxwell, 2020 represented as Strombidae Rafinesque, 1815
  75. Tribe Neostrombini Liverani, Dekkers & S. J. Maxwell, 2021 represented as Strombidae Rafinesque, 1815
  76. Tribe Persististrombini S. J. Maxwell, Dekkers, Rymer & Congdon, 2020 represented as Strombidae Rafinesque, 1815
marine
Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 145; note: as subfamily Strombia [details] OpenAccess publication
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Strombidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23123 on 2026-03-24
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Nomenclature

original description Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 145; note: as subfamily Strombia [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Neostromboidae S. J. Maxwell, Dekkers, Rymer & Congdon, 2019) Maxwell, S. J.; Dekkers, A. M.; Rymer, T. L.; Congdon, B. (2019). Recognising and defining a new crown clade within Stromboidea Rafinesque, 1815 (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 867: 1-7. [Correction: Maxwell, 2019, ZooKeys, 870: 149]., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.867.34381
page(s): 3 [details] 

original description (of Neostrombini Liverani, Dekkers & S. J. Maxwell, 2021) Liverani V., Dekkers A.M. & Maxwell S.J. (2021). Resolving phylogenetic and classical nomenclature: A revision of <i>Canarium</i> Schumacher, 1817 (Mollusca, Neostromboidae, Strombidae). <em>The Festivus.</em> 53(1): 26-43., available online at https://doi.org/10.54173/f531026
page(s): 28 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Dolomenini Dekkers & S. J. Maxwell, 2020) Dekkers A.M. & Maxwell S.J. (2020). An examination of the relationships between extant <i>Dolomena</i> Wenz, 1940, <i>Doxander</i> Wenz, 1940, <i>Mirabilistrombus</i> Kronenberg, 1998, <i>Neodilatilabrum</i> Dekkers, 2008 and <i>Labiostrombus</i> Oostingh, 1925 (Stromboidea: Neostromboidae: Strombidae). <em>The Festivus.</em> 52(1): 39-59., available online at https://doi.org/10.54173/f521039
page(s): 41 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Aligerini S. J. Maxwell, Dekkers, Rymer & Congdon, 2020) Maxwell S.J., Dekkers A.M., Rymer T.L. & Congdon B.C. (2020). Towards resolving the American and West African Strombidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Neostromboidae) using integrated taxonomy. <em>The Festivus.</em> 52(1): 3-38., available online at https://doi.org/10.54173/f521003
page(s): 18 [details] 

original description (of Neoaligerinae S. J. Maxwell & Rymer, 2021) Maxwell S.J. & Rymer T.L. (2021). Are the ICZN and PhyloCode that incompatible? A summary of the shifts in stromboidean taxonomy and the definition of two new subfamilies in Stromboidae (Mollusca, Neostromboidae). <em>The Festivus.</em> 53(1): 44-51., available online at https://doi.org/10.54173/f531044
page(s): 47 [details] 

original description (of Persististrombini S. J. Maxwell, Dekkers, Rymer & Congdon, 2020) Maxwell S.J., Dekkers A.M., Rymer T.L. & Congdon B.C. (2020). Towards resolving the American and West African Strombidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Neostromboidae) using integrated taxonomy. <em>The Festivus.</em> 52(1): 3-38., available online at https://doi.org/10.54173/f521003
page(s): 17 [details] 

original description (of Doxanderina Dekkers & S. J. Maxwell, 2020) Dekkers A.M. & Maxwell S.J. (2020). An examination of the relationships between extant <i>Dolomena</i> Wenz, 1940, <i>Doxander</i> Wenz, 1940, <i>Mirabilistrombus</i> Kronenberg, 1998, <i>Neodilatilabrum</i> Dekkers, 2008 and <i>Labiostrombus</i> Oostingh, 1925 (Stromboidea: Neostromboidae: Strombidae). <em>The Festivus.</em> 52(1): 39-59., available online at https://doi.org/10.54173/f521039
page(s): 42 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Liverani V. (2014) The superfamily Stromboidea. Addenda and corrigenda. In: G.T. Poppe, K. Groh & C. Renker (eds), <i>A conchological iconography</i>. pp. 1-54, pls 131-164. Harxheim: Conchbooks. [details] 

Ecology

ecology source Robertson, R.:. (1961). The feeding of <i>Strombus </i>and related herbivorous marine gastropods: with a review and field observations. <em>Notulae Naturae.</em> 343: 1-9., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=uqc0n-VD_KkC [details] 

Other

additional source Kronenberg G.C. & Lee H.G. (2007). Genera of American strombid gastropods (Gastropoda: Strombidae) and remarks on their phylogeny. <em>The Veliger.</em> 49(4): 256-264., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42498213 [details] 

additional source Bandel, K. (2007). About the larval shell of some Stromboidea, connected to a review of the classification and phylogeny of the Strombimorpha (Caenogastropoda). <em>Freiberger Forschungshefte, Ser. C.</em> 524: 97-206. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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LanguageName 
English true conchsconchsconch shells  [details]
German FlügelschneckenFechterschnecken  [details]
Japanese ソデボラ／スイショウガイ科  [details]
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Strombidae) 
To Genbank 
To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam 
To NHMUK collection (Strombidae Rafinesque, 1815; NHMUK:ecatalogue:7978443) 
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