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)
 
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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