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genus

Laevistrombus Abbott, 1960

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Littorinimorpha »  family Strombidae - stromboid conchs

Description

The shells of this genus are smooth, rotund and solid. The outer lip is thickened, smooth and anteriorly calloused. The columella is smooth, and thickened in the middle.
Dekkers, A.M., Rymer, T.L. & Maxwell, S.J. (2021). Laevistrombus Abbott, 1960 (Gastropoda: Neostrombida: Stombidae), Part 2: The species confused with Laevistrombus canarium (Linnaeus, 1758) and the introduction of a new subgenus.
Author: Jan Delsing

Included taxa

Number of records: 7

species Laevistrombus canarium (Linnaeus, 1758)

Laevistrombus canarium

species Laevistrombus guidoi Man in't Veld & De Turck, 1998

Laevistrombus guidoi

species Laevistrombus liveranii Dekkers, Rymer & S. J. Maxwell, 2021

Laevistrombus liveranii

species Laevistrombus maxwelli Gra-tes, 2022
species Laevistrombus taeniatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)

Laevistrombus taeniatus

species Laevistrombus turturella (Röding, 1798)

Laevistrombus turturella

species Laevistrombus vanikorensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)

Laevistrombus vanikorensis


Links and literature

EN The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1044771]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Laevistrombus Abbott, 1960]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019
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