WoRMS taxon details
Laevistrombus Abbott, 1960
531661 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:531661)
accepted
Genus
Strombus canarium Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Laevistrombus canarium (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by original designation)
Laevistrombus (Laevistrombus) Abbott, 1960 · alternative representation
Strombus (Laevistrombus) Abbott, 1960 · unaccepted (original rank)
- Species Laevistrombus canarium (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Laevistrombus guidoi (Man in 't Veld & De Turck, 1998)
- Species Laevistrombus liveranii Dekkers, Rymer & S. J. Maxwell, 2021
- Species Laevistrombus maxwelli Gra-tes, 2022
- Subgenus Laevistrombus (Gonggongus) Dekkers, Rymer & S. J. Maxwell, 2021 accepted as Dolomena Wenz, 1940 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Laevistrombus (Gonggongus) taeniatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) represented as Laevistrombus taeniatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) accepted as Dolomena taeniata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
- Species Laevistrombus (Gonggongus) turturella (Röding, 1798) represented as Laevistrombus turturella (Röding, 1798) accepted as Dolomena turturella (Röding, 1798)
- Species Laevistrombus taeniatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) accepted as Dolomena taeniata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Laevistrombus turturella (Röding, 1798) accepted as Dolomena turturella (Röding, 1798) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Laevistrombus vanikorensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) accepted as Dolomena vanikorensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Laevistrombus (Laevistrombus) Abbott, 1960 represented as Laevistrombus Abbott, 1960
- Species Laevistrombus (Laevistrombus) canarium (Linnaeus, 1758) represented as Laevistrombus canarium (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Laevistrombus (Laevistrombus) guidoi (Man in 't Veld & De Turck, 1998) represented as Laevistrombus guidoi (Man in 't Veld & De Turck, 1998)
- Species Laevistrombus (Laevistrombus) liveranii Dekkers, Rymer & S. J. Maxwell, 2021 represented as Laevistrombus liveranii Dekkers, Rymer & S. J. Maxwell, 2021
- Species Laevistrombus (Laevistrombus) vanikorensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) represented as Laevistrombus vanikorensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) accepted as Dolomena vanikorensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
masculine
(of Strombus (Laevistrombus) Abbott, 1960) Abbott, R. T. (1960). The genus <i>Strombus</i> in the Indo-Pacific. <em>Indo-pacific Mollusca.</em> 1 (2): 33-146., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49824288
page(s): 47 [details]
page(s): 47 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Laevistrombus Abbott, 1960. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531661 on 2026-02-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Strombus (Laevistrombus) Abbott, 1960) Abbott, R. T. (1960). The genus <i>Strombus</i> in the Indo-Pacific. <em>Indo-pacific Mollusca.</em> 1 (2): 33-146., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49824288
page(s): 47 [details]
page(s): 47 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Dekkers, A. M.; Rymer, T. L.; Maxwell, S. J. (2021). <i>Laevistrombus</i> Abbott, 1960 (Gastropoda: Neostrombida: Stombidae), Part 2: The species confused with <i>Laevistrombus canarium</i> (Linnaeus, 1758) and the introduction of a new subgenus. <em>Visaya.</em> 5 (5): 5-19. [details] Available for editors 
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taxonomy source Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (1996). Additional notes on nomina first introduced by Tetsuaki Kira in "Coloured illustrations of the shells of Japan". <em>Malacologia.</em> 38 (1-2): 33-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13114820
page(s): 33. [details]
[request]taxonomy source Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (1996). Additional notes on nomina first introduced by Tetsuaki Kira in "Coloured illustrations of the shells of Japan". <em>Malacologia.</em> 38 (1-2): 33-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13114820
page(s): 33. [details]
Other
additional 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
