''Euprotomus'' is a
genus of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the
family Strombidae, the true conchs.
Species
Species within the genus ''Euprotomus'' include:
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Euprotomus aratrum''
( Röding, 1798)
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Euprotomus aurisdianae''
( Linnaeus, 1758
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Euprotomus aurora
''Euprotomus aurora'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Strombidae, the true conchs. It is found in the Indian Ocean. This species has long been confused with the similar ''Euprotomus aurisdianae'', which is ...
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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
''Euprotomus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.
Species
Species within the genus ''Euprotomus'' include:
*''Euprotomus aratrum'' ( Röding, 1798)
*''Euprotomus aurisdianae'' (Linna ...
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( Kuroda, 1942)
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Euprotomus hawaiensis
''Euprotomus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.
Species
Species within the genus ''Euprotomus'' include:
*''Euprotomus aratrum'' ( Röding, 1798)
*''Euprotomus aurisdianae'' (Linna ...
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( Pilsbry, 1917, "1918")
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Euprotomus hirasei
''Euprotomus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.
Species
Species within the genus ''Euprotomus'' include:
*''Euprotomus aratrum'' ( Röding, 1798)
*''Euprotomus aurisdianae'' (Linna ...
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( Kuroda, 1942)
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Euprotomus iredalei
''Euprotomus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.
Species
Species within the genus ''Euprotomus'' include:
*''Euprotomus aratrum'' ( Röding, 1798)
*''Euprotomus aurisdianae'' (Linna ...
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Euprotomus vomer
''Euprotomus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.
Species
Species within the genus ''Euprotomus'' include:
*''Euprotomus aratrum'' ( Röding, 1798)
*''Euprotomus aurisdianae'' (Linna ...
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( 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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