Thetystrombus latus

Thetystrombus latus
	Shells of P. latus from the Naturalis Biodiversity Center Collection
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Strombidae
Genus:	Persististrombus
Species:	P. latus
Binomial name
	Persististrombus latus; (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
	Lambis carnaria Röding, 1798; Lambis carnea Röding, 1798; Lambis fasciatus Gmelin, 1807; Strombus adansoni DeFrance, 1827; Strombus auratus Spalowsky, 1795; Strombus bubo Deshayes, 1833; Strombus bubonius Lamarck, 1822; Strombus dilatatus Lamarck, 1822 (Invalid: junior homonym of Strombus dilatatus Swainson, 1821); Strombus fasciatus Gmelin, 1791 (Invalid: junior homonym of Strombus fasciatus Born, 1778); Strombus latus Gmelin, 1791 (basionym); Strombus latus f. arenensis Bernard, 1982 (Unavailable name: infrasubspecific (ICZN Art. 15.2)); Strombus latus f. minima Bernard, 1984 (Unavailable name: infrasubspecific (ICZN Art. 15.2)); Strombus latus f. portgentilensis Bernard, 1984 (Unavailable name: infrasubspecific (ICZN Art. 15.2)); Strombus mediterraneus Duclos, 1844;

Persististrombus latus, commonly known as the Bubonian Conch, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.^[3]

Description

The shell size varies between 70 mm and 165 mm.

The Bubonian Conch is distributed in the Atlantic Ocean along West Africa, Senegal, Gabon, Cape Verde, Ascension Island and Angola.

Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp
Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp.
Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.

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