Strombidae
True conchs are herbivorous marine snails with a distinctive leaping motion.
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Strombidae is accepted as a family in the order Littorinimorpha, class Gastropoda.[1] According to current counts, the family contains 31 living genera and 10 genera known only from fossils.[2]
Scientific classification
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- SubclassCaenogastropoda
- OrderLittorinimorpha
- FamilyStrombidae
Named by Rafinesque, 1815
Sources: Wikipedia taxobox: Strombidae (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Quick Facts
- Extant genera
- 31
- Extinct genera
- 10
- Species in caribbean region
- 6
Facts from the source article.
Biology and range
The Indo-West Pacific region holds the greatest diversity of strombid species and genera.[3] In the Indo-Pacific area, roughly 40 extant species that were formerly classified under Strombus are now recognized.[3] The eye stalks of strombids are notably elongated.[4] A strombid's shell features a siphonal canal and an aperture that is both long and narrow.[4]
Near the front of the shell, the margin contains a notch that provides space for one eye stalk.[4]
What the specialist sources record
The World Register of Marine Species records Strombidae Rafinesque, 1815 as an accepted family in the marine environment.[1] GBIF holds 108,454 occurrence records for this taxon as of 7 October 2026.[5] The Open Library record for ISBN 0966172000 notes "Compendium of seashells" was published by Odyssey Pub. in 2000, 411 pages.[6] The Open Library record for ISBN 0643057560 notes "Mollusca" was published by CSIRO in 1998, 1234 pages.[7]
The Open Library record for ISBN 9251040516 notes "The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific" was published by FAO in 1998, 700 pages.[8]
References
- World Register of Marine Species, Strombidae (AphiaID 23123). CC BY 4.0. marinespecies.org
- Wikipedia, "Strombidae" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Abbott, "Compendium of Seashells", Odyssey Publishing, 2000, p. 75; Goodenough, W. H. & Sugita, H. (1980). "Trukese-English dictionary". Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. p. 235] (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Strombidae" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Beesley, "Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia: Part B", CSIRO Publishing, 1998, p. 766; Abbott, R.T. (1960). "The genus Strombus in the Indo-Pacific". Indo-Pacific Mollusca. 1(2): 33–144.; Beesley, "Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia: Part B", CSIRO Publishing, 1998, p. 766 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Strombidae" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Simone, "Comparative morphological study of representatives of the three families of Stromboidea and the Xenophoroidea (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda), with an assessment of their phylogeny", Arquivos de Zoologia, 2005, p. 1 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence index, Strombidae (taxon key 7064). CC BY 4.0 (backbone); counts are facts. gbif.org
- Open Library record, ISBN 0966172000 ("Compendium of seashells"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org
- Open Library record, ISBN 0643057560 ("Mollusca"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org
- Open Library record, ISBN 9251040516 ("The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org
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Sources
Compiled from Wikipedia and the sources listed below. Text from Wikipedia is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is adapted from it.
- Wikipedia: Strombidae (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Word definitions: the Codexery glossary, each quoted from its Wikipedia article.
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