Macrostrombus Explained

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

Species

• † Macrostrombus bartoni Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011
• † Macrostrombus brachior (Petuch, 1994)
• † Macrostrombus briani Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011
• † Macrostrombus collierensis Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011
• Macrostrombus costatus (Gmelin, 1791)
• † Macrostrombus diegelae (Petuch, 1991)
• † Macrostrombus dubari Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011
• † Macrostrombus haitensis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1850)
• † Macrostrombus hertweckorum (Petuch, 1991)
• † Macrostrombus jonesorum (Petuch, 1994)
• † Macrostrombus leidyi (Heilprin, 1887)
• † Macrostrombus mayacensis (H. I. Tucker & D. Wilson, 1933)
• † Macrostrombus mulepenensis (Petuch, 1994)
• † Macrostrombus oleiniki Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011
• † Macrostrombus pascaleae (Landau, Kronenberg & Silva, 2010)
• † Macrostrombus sargenti Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011
• † Macrostrombus tomeui Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011
• † Macrostrombus whicheri Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011
• † Macrostrombus williamsi (Olsson & Petit, 1964)

References

• Petuch E.J. (1994). Atlas of Florida fossil shells. Evanston, Illinois: Chicago Spectrum Press. 394 pp., 20 figs., 100 pls.
• 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.
• 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. The Festivus. 52(1): 3-38.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Macrostrombus Petuch, 1994 . WoRMS . 9 June 2022.