Sorry, it should read of course "Conomurex"!
Christa
>According to "Muscheln und Schnecken der Weltmeere" by Gert Lindner, 1994,
>the genus Strombus Linnaeus, 1758 has the following subgenera:
>Canarium Schumacher, 1817; Conumurex P.Fischer, 1884; Dolomena Iredale,
>1931; Doxander Iredale, 1931; Euprotomus Gill, 1870; Gibberulus Jousseaume,
>1888; Labiostrombus Oostingh, 1925; Laevistrombus Kira, 1955; Lentigo
>Jousseaume,1886; Tricornis Jousseaume, 1886)
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>Regards,
>Christa Schmidt
>
>At 11:29 1998-07-18 -0400, you wrote:
>>Does anyone know if members of the genus Strombus have been organized into
>>subgenera? If so, I would greatly appreciate a reference. If not, how
>>would you order a listing of memebers of this genus with the objective of
>>keeping the most similar species together? Thank you in advance for your
>>help.
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>>Phil Fallon: [log in to unmask]
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