Species of gastropod
Thetystrombus latus
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Mollusca
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Class:
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Gastropoda
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Subclass:
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Caenogastropoda
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Order:
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Littorinimorpha
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Family:
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Strombidae
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Genus:
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Thetystrombus
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Species:
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T. latus
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Binomial name
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Thetystrombus latus
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Synonyms[1][2]
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- Lambis carnaria Röding, 1798
- Lambis carnea Röding, 1798
- Lambis fasciatus Gmelin, 1807
- Strombus adansoni DeFrance, 1827
- Strombus auratus Spalowsky, 1795
- Strombus bubo Deshayes, 1833
- Strombus bubonius Lamarck, 1822
- Strombus dilatatus Lamarck, 1822 (Invalid: junior homonym of Strombus dilatatus Swainson, 1821)
- Strombus fasciatus Gmelin, 1791 (Invalid: junior homonym of Strombus fasciatus Born, 1778)
- Strombus latus Gmelin, 1791 (basionym)
- Strombus latus f. arenensis Bernard, 1982 (Unavailable name: infrasubspecific (ICZN Art. 15.2))
- Strombus latus f. minima Bernard, 1984 (Unavailable name: infrasubspecific (ICZN Art. 15.2))
- Strombus latus f. portgentilensis Bernard, 1984 (Unavailable name: infrasubspecific (ICZN Art. 15.2))
- Strombus mediterraneus Duclos, 1844
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Thetystrombus latus, commonly known as the Bubonian conch, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[3]
Description
The shell size varies between 70 mm and 165 mm.
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Distribution
The Bubonian conch occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa, Senegal, Gabon, Cape Verde, Ascension Island and Angola.
References
- Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp
- Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp.
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
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