Lobatus is a genus of very large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs. Some of the species within this genus were previously placed in the genus Eustrombus.[1]
Species
Living and fossil species within the genus Lobatus include:[2][3][4]
Apertural and abapertural views of a shell of
Lobatus peruvianus
Species brought into synonymy include:
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Lobatus costatus (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Macrostrombus costatus (Gmelin, 1791)
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Lobatus galeatus (Swainson, 1823) accepted as Titanostrombus galeatus (Swainson, 1823)
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Lobatus gallus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Aliger gallus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Lobatus gigas (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Aliger gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Lobatus goliath (Schröter, 1805) accepted as Titanostrombus goliath (Schröter, 1805)
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Lobatus magolecciai (Macsotay & Campos, 2001) accepted as Lobatus raninus (Gmelin, 1791) (junior subjective synonym)
References
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^ Landau B. M., Kronenberg G. C. & Herbert G. S. (2008). "A large species of Lobatus (Gastropoda: Strombidae) from the Neogene of the Dominican Republic, with notes on the genus". The Veliger 50(1): 31-38 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
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^ "Lobatus [Swainson], 1837". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
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^ The Paleobiology Database
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^ Landau B., Kronenberg G. C. & Da Silva C. M. (2010). "A new species of Lobatus (Caenogastropoda, Strombidae) from the Neogene of the Dominican Republic, with notes on further species from the Dominican assemblages". Basteria 74(4-6): 95-109.
