Lambis

Lambis; Temporal range: Tertiary–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Five views of a shell of Lambis crocata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Stromboidea
Family:	Strombidae
Genus:	Lambis; Röding, 1798
Type species
	Strombus lambis Linnaeus, 1758;
Synonyms
	Lambis (Lambis) Röding, 1798; Lambis (Millepes) Mörch, 1852; Millepes Mörch, 1852; Pterocera Lamarck, 1799 (junior objective synonym of Lambis); Pterocera (Heptadactylus) Mörch, 1852; Pterocera (Millepes) Mörch, 1852; Pteroceras as of Link, 1807 (incorrect subsequent spelling of Pterocera);

Lambis is a genus of large sea snails sometimes known as spider conchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conch family.^[3]

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.^[4]

Species

Species within the genus Lambis include:

Lambis arachnoides Shikama, 1971
Lambis crocata (Link, 1807)
Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lambis lilikae Villar, 2016
Lambis millepeda (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lambis montorum T. Cossignani & Lorenz, 2020
Lambis pilsbryi Abbott, 1961
Lambis robusta (Swainson, 1821)
Lambis scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lambis truncata (Humphrey, 1786)

Species brought into synonymy

Lambis adamii (Bozzetti & Cossignani, 2003) : synonym of Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lambis aratrum Röding, 1798: synonym of Euprotomus aratrum (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
Lambis arthritica Röding, 1798 : synonym of Harpago arthriticus (Röding, 1798)
Lambis aurantia (Lamarck, 1822) : synonym of Lambis crocata (Link, 1807)
Lambis bryonia (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Lambis truncata ([Lightfoot], 1786)
Lambis bulla Röding, 1798: synonym of Euprotomus bulla (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
Lambis carinata Röding, 1798: synonym of Margistrombus marginatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lambis carnaria Röding, 1798: synonym of Persististrombus latus (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Thetystrombus latus (Gmelin, 1791)
Lambis carnea Röding, 1798: synonym of Persististrombus latus (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Thetystrombus latus (Gmelin, 1791)
Lambis cerea Röding, 1798: synonym of Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lambis chiragra (Linnaeus, 1758) : synonym of Harpago chiragra (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lambis cristinae Bozzetti, 1999: synonym of Lambis scorpius indomaris Abbott, 1961 (hybrid of L. scorpius indomaris x L. lambis)
Lambis curruca Röding, 1798: synonym of Tricornis tricornis ([Lightfoot], 1786)
Lambis decora Röding, 1798: synonym of Conomurex decorus (Röding, 1798)
Lambis digitata (Perry, G., 1811): synonym of Ophioglossolambis digitata (Perry, 1811)
Lambis flammeus Link, 1807: synonym of Conomurex persicus (Swainson, 1821)
Lambis fragilis Röding, 1798: synonym of Terestrombus fragilis (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
Lambis gibbosa Röding, 1798: synonym of Gibberulus gibberulus gibbosus (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
Lambis harpago Röding, 1798: synonym of Harpago chiragra (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lambis hermaphrodita Röding, 1798: synonym of Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lambis indomaris Abbott, 1961: synonym of Lambis scorpius indomaris Abbott, 1961
Lambis labiata Röding, 1798: synonym of Canarium labiatum (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
Lambis laciniata Röding, 1798: synonym of Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lambis lamboides Röding, 1798: synonym of Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lambis lobata Röding, 1798: synonym of Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lambis lobata Röding, 1798 (: 65): synonym of Sinustrombus sinuatus ([Lightfoot], 1786)
Lambis maculata Röding, 1798: synonym of Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lambis picta Röding, 1798: synonym of Sinustrombus latissimus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lambis pipa Röding, 1798: synonym of Lentigo pipus (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
Lambis plicata Röding, 1798: synonym of Dolomena plicata (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
Lambis rana Röding, 1798: synonym of Lentigo lentiginosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lambis reticulata Link, 1807: synonym of Canarium labiatum (Röding, 1798) (uncertain synonym)
Lambis rugosa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842): synonym of Harpago chiragra rugosus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842)
Lambis sebae (Kiener, 1843): synonym of Lambis truncata sebae (Kiener, 1843)
Lambis sowerbyi (Mörch, 1872): synonym of Lambis truncata sowerbyi (Mörch, 1872)
Lambis turturella Röding, 1798: synonym of Laevistrombus turturella (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
Lambis undulata Röding, 1798: synonym of Harpago chiragra (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lambis velum Röding, 1798: synonym of Lobatus gallus (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Aliger gallus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lambis violacea (Swainson, 1821): synonym of Ophioglossolambis violacea (Swainson, 1821)
Lambis vomer Röding, 1798: synonym of Euprotomus vomer (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
Lambis wheelwhrighti Greene, 1978: synonym of Lambis arachnoides Shikama, 1971

References

^ Sepkoski, J. J. Jr. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 95.
^ Röding P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens conchylia sive testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. pp. [1-3], [1-8], 1-199. Hamburg. page 61.
^ Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2011). Lambis Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2011-04-23
^ Stone J. R. (last change 15 September 2004). "Projecting into the past to determine ancestral forms" Archived 2008-12-03 at the Wayback Machine. accessed 27 September 2010.

Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.

[Sepkoski-1] Sepkoski, J. J. Jr. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 95.

[2] Röding P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens conchylia sive testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. pp. [1-3], [1-8], 1-199. Hamburg. page 61.

[WoRMS-3] Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2011). Lambis Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2011-04-23

[4] Stone J. R. (last change 15 September 2004). "Projecting into the past to determine ancestral forms" Archived 2008-12-03 at the Wayback Machine. accessed 27 September 2010.

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