Euprotomus

Euprotomus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]

Euprotomus
Five views of a shell of Euprotomus aurisdianae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Stromboidea
Family: Strombidae
Genus: Euprotomus
Gill, 1870
Type species
Strombus aurisdianae
Linnaeus, C., 1758
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Monodactylus Mörch, 1852 (Invalid: junior homonym of Monodactylus Lacépède, 1802 [Pisces])
  • Strombus (Euprotomus) Gill, 1870

Species

Species within the genus Euprotomus include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Euprotomus donnellyi Iredale, 1931: synonym of Euprotomus vomer (Röding, 1798)
  • Euprotomus kiwi (Bozzetti, L. & D.M. Sargent, 2011): synonym of Euprotomus vomer (Röding, 1798)

References
  1. Euprotomus Gill, 1870. WoRMS (2009). Euprotomus. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391539 on 23 March 2011 .
  2. Euprotomus aurora Kronenberg, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
  3. Euprotomus bulla (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
  • Liverani V. (2014) The superfamily Stromboidea. Addenda and corrigenda. In: G.T. Poppe, K. Groh & C. Renker (eds), A conchological iconography. pp. 1-54, pls 131-164. Harxheim: Conchbooks


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