Dear Harry and Mr. Phadke,

An excellent reference to this question is another paper by Kronenber, 2008
in which he gives a review of all the known cases of hybrids in the family
Strombidae including a hybrid between Sinustrombus latissimus and Lambis
lambis.

Kronenberg, G.C., 2008. An intergeneric hybrid (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda:
Strombidae) with remarks on the subdivision of the Indo-Pacfic Tricornis
Basteria, 72: 331-341.

Best regards,

Henk K. Mienis

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From: "Harry G. Lee" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 8:50 PM
Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Natural Intergeneric Hybrids, a question !


>
> Dear Mr. Phadke,
>
> I've not looked at the problem systematically, but it seems to me
> there are many strongly-supported instances of interspecific hybrids
> in the marine gastropod family Strombidae - including Peggy's exemplar.
>
> The only instance of intergeneric hybridization I recall the case of
> is Harpago chiragra (Linnaeus, 1758) and Lambis lambis (Linnaeus,
> 17858). The evidence seems to rest on only four specimens, but it has
> been a hot topic for several years running. A shell is figured in
> Kronenberg (2008: 530; pl. 210, figs. 2a, 2b), and I personally find
> it rather convincing.
>
> Harry
>
> Kronenberg, G., 2008. Strombidae. pp. 514-571 including pls. 202-229.
> In Poppe, G. [ed.] Philippine Marine Mollusks Volume 1 Gastropoda
> Part 1. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany. 1-758, including 312 full page
> plates.
>
>

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