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

Dolomena
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Stromboidea
Family: Strombidae
Genus: Dolomena
Wenz, 1940
Type species
Strombus pulchellus
Reeve, 1851
Synonyms[1]

Strombus (Dolomena) Wenz, 1940

The name of the genus Dolomena was originally introduced by Iredale in 1931, but he did not provide a description.[2] Therefore, he was not accepted as the author of this genus (Art. 13.1 of the ICZN Code)

Species

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Species within the genus Dolomena include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Dolomena septima (Duclos, 1844): synonym of Margistrombus septimus (Duclos, 1844)
  • Dolomena sibbaldi (Sowerby II, 1842): synonym of Dolomena plicata sibbaldii (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842)

References

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  1. ^ a b Dolomena Wenz, 1940. WoRMS (2009). Dolomena. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531649 on 25 March 2011 .
  2. ^ 1931, Records of the Australian Museum, 18(4): 212, 232
  • 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.