''Euprotomus'' is a
genus
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of
sea snails,
marine gastropod mollusk
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s in the
family
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Strombidae
Strombidae, commonly known as the true conchs, is a taxonomic family of medium-sized to very large sea snails in the superfamily Stromboidea, and the Epifamily Neostromboidae. The term true conchs, being a common name, does not have an exact me ...
, the true conchs.
Species
Species within the genus ''Euprotomus'' include:
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Euprotomus aratrum''
( Röding, 1798)
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Euprotomus aurisdianae
''Euprotomus aurisdianae'', common name the Diana conch, is a species of small to medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of ...
''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 1758)
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Euprotomus aurora''
Kronenberg, 2002
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Euprotomus bulla
''Euprotomus bulla'', common name : the Bubble Conch, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.
Description
The shell size varies between 48 mm and 90 mm.
Distribution
This s ...
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( Röding, 1798)
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Euprotomus chrysostomus''
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* Akinobu Kuroda 黒田 明伸, Japanese historian
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, 1942)
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Euprotomus hawaiensis''
( Pilsbry, 1917, "1918")
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Euprotomus hirasei''
(Kuroda Kuroda (written: lit. "black ricefield") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*, Japanese painter
* Akinobu Kuroda 黒田 明伸, Japanese historian
* Chris Kuroda, lighting designer and operator for the band Phish and J ...
, 1942)
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Euprotomus iredalei''
( Abbott, 1960)
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Euprotomus vomer''
( Röding, 1798)
;Species brought into synonymy:
*''Euprotomus donnellyi''
Iredale, 1931: synonym of ''Euprotomus vomer''
( Röding, 1798)
*''Euprotomus kiwi''
(Bozzetti, L. & D.M. Sargent, 2011): synonym of ''Euprotomus vomer''
( Röding, 1798)
References
* Liverani V. (2014) ''The superfamily Stromboidea. Addenda and corrigenda''. In: G.T. Poppe, K. Groh & C. Renker (eds), A conchological iconography. pp. 1–54, pls 131–164. Harxheim: Conchbooks
External links
Gill T. (1870). ''On the Pterocerae of Lamarck, and their mutual relations''. American Journal of Conchology. 5(3): 120-139Mörch O.A.L. (1852). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso D’Aguirra & Gadea, Comes de Yoldi 1, Cephalophora. L. Klein, Hafniae [Copenhagen], 170 pp
Strombidae
Gastropod genera
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