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Strombus Luhuanus
''Conomurex luhuanus'', common name Strawberry conch or Tiger conch, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.Rosenberg, G. (2011). Conomurex luhuanus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565370 on 2011-03-25 ''C. luhuanus'' is found in sandy habitat among corals in the Indopacific region. They feed on algae or detritus, move with a modified foot, and have complex eyes compared to other gastropods. Shell description The shell of ''C. luhuanus'' ranges from a more common length of 5 cm, to a maximum length of 8 cm.Poutiers, J. M. (1998). Gastropods in: FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes: The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific Volume 1. Seaweeds, corals, bivalves and gastropods. Rome, FAO. page 475. ''C. luhuanus'' is often mistaken for a cone snail, mainly because of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gastropod Shell
The gastropod shell is part of the body of a Gastropoda, gastropod or snail, a kind of mollusc. The shell is an exoskeleton, which protects from predators, mechanical damage, and dehydration, but also serves for muscle attachment and calcium storage. Some gastropods appear shell-less (slugs) but may have a remnant within the mantle, or in some cases the shell is reduced such that the body cannot be retracted within it (semi-slug). Some snails also possess an operculum that seals the opening of the shell, known as the Aperture (mollusc), aperture, which provides further protection. The study of mollusc shells is known as conchology. The biological study of gastropods, and other molluscs in general, is malacology. Shell morphology terms vary by species group. Shell layers The gastropod shell has three major layers secreted by the Mantle (mollusc), mantle. The calcareous central layer, tracum, is typically made of calcium carbonate precipitated into an organic matrix known as c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terebellum Terebellum
''Terebellum terebellum'', common name the Terebellum conch, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seraphsidae, the true conchs. Description ''T. terebellum'' is a very active animal that can quickly bury itself in sand or swim away from danger. It uses its foot like a propeller to swim. Its shell is thin and fragile. Distribution ''T. terebellum'' are found throughout the Indo-Pacific region. Phylogeny The phylogenetic relationships among the Stromboidea have been accessed in 2005, by Simone. He proposed a cladogram (a tree of descent) based on an extensive morpho- anatomical analysis of representatives of Aporrhaidae, Strombidae, Xenophoridae and Struthiolariidae. In his analysis, Simone recognized Strombidae as a monophyletic taxon supported by 13 synapomorphies (traits that are shared by two or more taxa and their most recent common ancestor), with at least eight distinct genera. He considered the genus '' Terebellum'' as the most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lambis
''Lambis'' is a genus of large sea snails sometimes known as spider conchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conch family.Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2011)Lambis Röding, 1798 Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2011-04-23 Description The siphonal canal is long and curved, and the apertural lip is adorned with circumapertural projections, which are fingerlike processes emanating from the edge of the shell aperture.Stone J. R. (last change 15 September 2004)"Projecting into the past to determine ancestral forms". accessed 27 September 2010. Species Species within the genus ''Lambis'' include: * '' Lambis arachnoides'' * ''Lambis crocata'' * ''Lambis lambis'' * '' Lambis lilikae'' Villar, 2016 * ''Lambis millepeda'' * ''Lambis montorum'' T. Cossignani & Lorenz, 2020 * ''Lambis pilsbryi'' * ''Lambis robusta'' * ''Lambis scorpius'' * ''Lambis truncata'' ;Species brought into synonymy : * ''Lambis adamii'' : synonym of ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Struthiolariidae
Struthiolariidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Stromboidea The Stromboidea, originally named the Strombacea by Rafinesque in 1815, is a superfamily of medium-sized to very large sea snails in the clade Littorinimorpha.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Stromboidea Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: ....Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2014). Struthiolariidae Gabb, 1868. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196899 on 2015-01-29 Genera Genera within the family Struthiolariidae include: * '' Conchothyra'' Hutton, 1877 * † '' Monalaria'' Marwick, 1924 * '' Pelicaria'' Gray, 1857 * '' Perissodonta'' Martens, 1878 * '' Struthiolaria'' Lamarck, 1816 * '' Tylospira'' Harris, 1897 References Stromboidea {{Caenogastropoda-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xenophoridae
Xenophoridae, commonly called carrier shells, is a family of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha. According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Xenophoridae has no subfamilies. Distribution The Xenophorids live on sand and mud bottoms of the continental shelves and the continental slopes of the subtropical and tropical seas and range from very shallow water to depths of more than 1,400 meters.Kreipl, K. & Alf, A. (1999): ''Recent Xenophoridae''. 148 pp. incl. 28 color plts. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, . Shell description Xenophorids are unusual in that in many of the species the animal cements small stones or shells to the edge of the shell as it grows, thus the shells of those species are sometimes humorously referred to as "shell-collecting shells". The genus name ''Xenophora'' comes from two ancient Greek words and means "bearing (or carrying) foreigners". The shells are small to rather ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aporrhaidae
Aporrhaidae is a family of sea snails commonly called the "pelican's foot snails." The taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. ''Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families''. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. . ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278 categorizes Aporrhaidae as marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha. Aporrhaids are commercially important, especially in traditional fisheries. Description Aporrhaids have a large lip with finger-like extensions, and a small operculum. They do not have movable eyes. Instead, their eyes are fixed at the base of each tentacle. The mollusk has one narrow foot, which renders its motion interrupted as the foot must raise the shell a tiny bit in each single movement, simultaneously pushing it forward. The motio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anatomy
Anatomy () is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomy is a branch of natural science that deals with the structural organization of living things. It is an old science, having its beginnings in prehistoric times. Anatomy is inherently tied to developmental biology, embryology, comparative anatomy, evolutionary biology, and phylogeny, as these are the processes by which anatomy is generated, both over immediate and long-term timescales. Anatomy and physiology, which study the structure and function (biology), function of organisms and their parts respectively, make a natural pair of related disciplines, and are often studied together. Human anatomy is one of the essential basic research, basic sciences that are applied in medicine. The discipline of anatomy is divided into macroscopic scale, macroscopic and microscopic scale, microscopic. Gross anatomy, Macroscopic anatomy, or gross anatomy, is the examination of an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morphology (biology)
Morphology is a branch of biology dealing with the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features. This includes aspects of the outward appearance (shape, structure, colour, pattern, size), i.e. external morphology (or eidonomy), as well as the form and structure of the internal parts like bones and organs, i.e. internal morphology (or anatomy). This is in contrast to physiology, which deals primarily with function. Morphology is a branch of life science dealing with the study of gross structure of an organism or taxon and its component parts. History The etymology of the word "morphology" is from the Ancient Greek (), meaning "form", and (), meaning "word, study, research". While the concept of form in biology, opposed to function, dates back to Aristotle (see Aristotle's biology), the field of morphology was developed by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1790) and independently by the German anatomist and physiologist Karl Friedrich Burdach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cladogram
A cladogram (from Greek ''clados'' "branch" and ''gramma'' "character") is a diagram used in cladistics to show relations among organisms. A cladogram is not, however, an evolutionary tree because it does not show how ancestors are related to descendants, nor does it show how much they have changed, so many differing evolutionary trees can be consistent with the same cladogram. A cladogram uses lines that branch off in different directions ending at a clade, a group of organisms with a last common ancestor. There are many shapes of cladograms but they all have lines that branch off from other lines. The lines can be traced back to where they branch off. These branching off points represent a hypothetical ancestor (not an actual entity) which can be inferred to exhibit the traits shared among the terminal taxa above it. This hypothetical ancestor might then provide clues about the order of evolution of various features, adaptation, and other evolutionary narratives about ance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aliger
''Aliger'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs. ''Aliger'' was previously a synonym of '' Lobatus'' Swainson, 1837 Species Species within the genus ''Aliger'' include: * †''Aliger dominator'' (Pilsbry & Johnson, 1917) * †''Aliger galliformis'' (Pilsbry & Johnson, 1917) *'' Aliger gallus'' (Linnaeus, 1758): *'' Aliger gigas'' (Linnaeus, 1758) :Species brought into synonymy: *''Aliger costatus'' (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of '' Lobatus costatus'' (Gmelin Gmelin may refer to: * Gmelin's test, a chemical test * Gmelin database, a German handbook/encyclopedia of inorganic compounds initiated by Leopold Gmelin People * Carl Christian Gmelin (1762–1837), German botanist, author of ''Flora Badensis ..., 1791) References * Thiele, J. (1929-1935). ''Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde''. Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1154 pp. Vol. 1 part 1: 1-376 etween 4 September and 21 October 1929 Vol. 1 part 2: 377-778 efore 31 Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eustrombus
''Lobatus'' is a genus of very large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs. Some of the species within this genus were previously placed in the genus '' Eustrombus''. Species Living and fossil species within the genus ''Lobatus'' include:Landau B., Kronenberg G. C. & Da Silva C. M. (2010). "A new species of ''Lobatus'' (Caenogastropoda, Strombidae) from the Neogene of the Dominican Republic, with notes on further species from the Dominican assemblages". ''Basteria'' 74(4-6): 95-109. *'' Lobatus peruvianus'' ( Swainson, 1823) *''Lobatus raninus'' (Gmelin, 1791) * †''Lobatus dominator'' (Pilsbry, 1917) * †''Lobatus galliformis'' (Pilsbry, 1917) * †''Lobatus haitensis'' (Sowerby, 1850) * †''Lobatus leidyi'' (Heilprin, 1887) * †''Lobatus vokesae'' Landau ''et al''., 2008 * †''Lobatus williamsi'' (Olson & Petit, 1964) Species brought into synonymy include: *''Lobatus costatus'' (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as ''Macrostrombus costatus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lambis Lambis
''Lambis lambis'', common name the spider conch, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211096 on 2011-04-23 Distribution This species is widespread in the Indo-West Pacific, including Aldabra, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea, Seychelles, Tanzania, maritime Southeast Asia, Micronesia, eastern Melanesia, Taiwan, southern Japan and northern Australia. Shell description The maximum shell length for this species is up to 29 cm, and average length stands for 18 cm. ''Lambis lambis'' has a very large, robust and heavy shell. One of its most striking characteristics is its flared outer lip, ornamented by six hollow marginal digitations. These digitations present subtle differences in shape between genders in this species, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
