| Titanostrombus | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Titanostrombus galeatus from a museum collection | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Stromboidea |
| Family: | Strombidae |
| Genus: | Titanostrombus Petuch, 1994 |
| Type species | |
| Strombus galeatus Swainson, 1823 | |
Titanostrombus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.
Species within the genus Titanostrombus include:
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 meaning. It may refer generally to any of the Strombidae but sometimes is used more specifically to include only Strombus and Lambis. The family currently includes 26 extant, and 10 extinct genera.
Strombus is a genus of medium to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Strombidae, which comprises the true conchs and their immediate relatives. The genus Strombus was named by Swedish Naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758. Around 50 living species were recognized, which vary in size from fairly small to very large. Six species live in the greater Caribbean region, including the queen conch, Strombus gigas, and the West Indian fighting conch, Strombus pugilis. However, since 2006, many species have been assigned to discrete genera. These new genera are, however, not yet found in most textbooks and collector's guides.
Cerithiidae, common name the cerithiids or ceriths, is a large family of medium-sized marine gastropods in the clade Sorbeoconcha.
Lobatus is a genus of very large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs. Some of the species within this genus were previously placed in the genus Eustrombus.
Costellariidae sometimes called the "ribbed miters" is a taxonomic family of minute to medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. This family of snails is also sometimes referred to as Vexillum miters. The main family of miter shells however is Mitridae, a closely related group.
Imbricaria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
Titanostrombus goliath, previously known as Lobatus goliath and Strombus goliath, common name the goliath conch, is a species of very large edible sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs. T. goliath is one of the largest mollusks of the Western Atlantic Ocean, and also one of the largest species among the Strombidae. It was once considered endemic to Brazil, but specimens have also been recently found in the waters of Barbados. Brazilian common names for this species include búzio de chapéu or búzio, and búzio de aba or buzo in. Some phylogenetic hypotheses consider T. goliath as closely related to the queen conch, Aliger gigas.
Pterygia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cylindromitrinae of the family Mitridae.
Babylonia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Babyloniidae.
Amalda obtusa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae.
Amalda rubiginosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae.
Amalda tankervillii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae.
Eburna is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ancillariidae.
Thersistrombus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.
Contradusta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Persististrombus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.
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Titanostrombus galeatus, commonly known as the Eastern Pacific giant conch, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs and their allies.
Lobatus peruvianus, commonly known as the Peruvian conch or the cock's comb conch, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs and their allies.
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