Ministrombus

Ministrombus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Strombidae
Genus:	Ministrombus [Bandel, 2007
Type species
Strombus minimusLinnaeus, 1771
Synonyms [1]
Dolomena (Ministrombus)Bandel, 2007 superseded rank Strombus (Ministrombus)Bandel, 2007 superseded rank

Ministrombus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs. ^[1]

Nomenclature

Some authors have argued that the name Ministrombus is not available from Bandel (2007) and have instread attributed it to Dekkers, 2010 [Gloria Maris, 49(1): 9], who used the name at the rank of genus (and attributed it to Bandel 2007). Admittedly Bandel did not explicitly diagnose the new subgenus, but he included in it only the type species, which he diagnosed, and we take the view that this confered availability to the name Ministrombus. ^[1]

Species

• † Ministrombus abrardi Dekkers, 2022
• Ministrombus athenius (Duclos, 1844)
• Ministrombus aurantius S. J. Maxwell, 2022
• Ministrombus caledonicus S. J. Maxwell, 2022
• Ministrombus minimus (Linnaeus, 1771)
• Ministrombus oceanicus S. J. Maxwell, 2022
• Ministrombus rhinoceros Dekkers, 2024
• Ministrombus variabilis (Swainson, 1820)

References

1. Ministrombus Bandel, 2007 . 8 November 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .

• Bandel, K. (2007). About the larval shell of some Stromboidea, connected to a review of the classification and phylogeny of the Strombimorpha (Caenogastropoda). Freiberger Forschungshefte, Ser. C. 524: 97-206.
• Dekkers, A. M. (2010). A hybrid in the genus Ministrombus Bandel, 2007 (Gastropoda: Strombidae) and a new combination for Strombus variabilis Swainson, 1820. Gloria Maris. 49(1): 7-13.
• Maxwell, S.J. (2022). An iconography of Ministrombus Dekkers, 2010 (Gastropoda: Neostromboidae: Strombidae) with the description of new species. The Festivus. 54(2): 116-140.
• Dekkers A.M. & Maxwell S.J. (2020). An examination of the relationships between extant Dolomena Wenz, 1940, Doxander Wenz, 1940, Mirabilistrombus Kronenberg, 1998, Neodilatilabrum Dekkers, 2008 and Labiostrombus Oostingh, 1925 (Stromboidea: Neostromboidae: Strombidae). The Festivus. 52(1): 39-59.