WoRMS taxon details
Strombidae Rafinesque, 1815
Aligerini S. J. Maxwell, Dekkers, Rymer & Congdon, 2020 · alternative representation
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
Neostrombini Liverani, Dekkers & S. J. Maxwell, 2021 · alternative representation
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
Persististrombini S. J. Maxwell, Dekkers, Rymer & Congdon, 2020 · alternative representation
Pteroceridae Haller, 1892 · unaccepted
- Genus Aliger Thiele, 1929
- Genus Barneystrombus Blackwood, 2009
- Genus Canarium Schumacher, 1817
- Genus Conomurex P. Fischer, 1884
- Genus Dolomena Wenz, 1940
- Genus Dominus Dekkers & S. J. Maxwell, 2020
- Genus Doxander Wenz, 1940
- Genus Euprotomus T. Gill, 1870
- Genus Fusistrombus Bandel, 2007
- Genus Gibberulus Jousseaume, 1888
- Genus Harpago Mörch, 1852
- Genus Hawaiistrombus Bandel, 2007
- Genus Labiostrombus Oostingh, 1925
- Genus Laevistrombus Abbott, 1960
- Genus Lambis Röding, 1798
- Genus Latissistrombus Bandel, 2007
- Genus Lentigo Jousseaume, 1886
- Genus Lobatus [Swainson], 1837
- Genus Macrostrombus Petuch, 1994
- Genus Maculastrombus Liverani, Dekkers & S. J. Maxwell, 2021
- Genus Ministrombus Bandel, 2007
- Genus Mirabilistrombus Kronenberg, 1998
- Genus Ophioglossolambis Dekkers, 2012
- Genus Persististrombus Kronenberg & H. G. Lee, 2007
- Genus Strombus Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Terestrombus Kronenberg & Vermeij, 2002
- Genus Thetystrombus Dekkers, 2008
- Genus Titanostrombus Petuch, 1994
- Genus Tricornis Jousseaume, 1886
- Genus Tridentarius Kronenberg & Vermeij, 2002
- Genus Margistrombus Bandel, 2007 (uncertain)
- Genus Alata Linck, 1783 accepted as Strombus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Amabiliplicatus Dekkers & S. J. Maxwell, 2020 accepted as Dolomena (Amabiliplicatus) Dekkers & S. J. Maxwell, 2020 represented as Dolomena Wenz, 1940 (original rank)
- Genus Bothrodon Kerr, 1927 accepted as Harpago Mörch, 1852 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Genus Eustrombus Wenz, 1940 accepted as Aliger Thiele, 1929 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Harpagus Vernus, 1892 accepted as Lambis Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior homonym, not Harpagus Vigors, 1824 (Aves); not Harpagus Stephens, 1834 (Lepidoptera))
- Genus Millepes Mörch, 1852 accepted as Lambis Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subfamily Neoaligerinae S. J. Maxwell & Rymer, 2021 accepted as Strombidae Rafinesque, 1815 (unavailable name: not based on an available genus-group name)
- Genus Neodilatilabrum Dekkers, 2008 accepted as Dolomena Wenz, 1940 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Neostrombus Liverani, Dekkers & S. J. Maxwell, 2021 accepted as Fusistrombus Bandel, 2007 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Genus Pacificus Dekkers & S. J. Maxwell, 2020 accepted as Dolomena (Pacificus) Dekkers & S. J. Maxwell, 2020 represented as Dolomena Wenz, 1940 (original rank)
- Genus Pterocera Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Lambis Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Genus Pteroceras sensu Link, 1806 accepted as Pterocera Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Lambis Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Pterocerus [sic] accepted as Pterocera Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Lambis Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Pyramis Röding, 1798 accepted as Strombus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Subfamily Rimellinae R. B. Stewart, 1927 accepted as Rostellariidae Gabb, 1868 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Sinustrombus Bandel, 2007 accepted as Latissistrombus Bandel, 2007 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Solidistrombus Dekkers, 2008 accepted as Latissistrombus Bandel, 2007 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Strombella Schlüter, 1838 accepted as Strombus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Genus Strombidea Swainson, 1840 accepted as Canarium Schumacher, 1817 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Thersistrombus Bandel, 2007 accepted as Lentigo Jousseaume, 1886 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Tribe Aligerini S. J. Maxwell, Dekkers, Rymer & Congdon, 2020 represented as Strombidae Rafinesque, 1815
- Tribe Dolomenini Dekkers & S. J. Maxwell, 2020 represented as Strombidae Rafinesque, 1815
- Subtribe Doxanderina Dekkers & S. J. Maxwell, 2020 represented as Strombidae Rafinesque, 1815
- Tribe Neostrombini Liverani, Dekkers & S. J. Maxwell, 2021 represented as Strombidae Rafinesque, 1815
- 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]
page(s): 145; note: as subfamily Strombia [details]
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 2026-02-08
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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]
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.
page(s): 28 [details] Available for editors
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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.
page(s): 41 [details] Available for editors [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.
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.
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.
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.
page(s): 42 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 145; note: as subfamily Strombia [details]
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.
page(s): 28 [details] Available for editors
[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.
page(s): 41 [details] Available for editors
[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.
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.
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.
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.
page(s): 42 [details] Available for editors
[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 [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 [request]
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
[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
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 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)
To ITIS
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)
To ITIS
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