Euprotomus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]
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| Five views of a shell of Euprotomus aurisdianae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Stromboidea |
| Family: | Strombidae |
| Genus: | Euprotomus Gill, 1870 |
| Type species | |
| Strombus aurisdianae Linnaeus, C., 1758
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Species edit
Species within the genus Euprotomus include:
- Euprotomus aratrum (Röding, 1798)
- Euprotomus aurisdianae (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Euprotomus aurora Kronenberg, 2002[2]
- Euprotomus bulla (Röding, 1798)[3]
- Euprotomus chrysostomus (Kuroda, 1942)
- Euprotomus hawaiensis (Pilsbry, 1917, "1918")
- Euprotomus hirasei (Kuroda, 1942)
- Euprotomus iredalei (Abbott, 1960)
- Euprotomus vomer (Röding, 1798)
- Species brought into synonymy
References edit
- ^ a b Euprotomus Gill, 1870. WoRMS (2009). Euprotomus. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391539 on 23 March 2011 .
- ^ Euprotomus aurora Kronenberg, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
- ^ Euprotomus bulla (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
- 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
External links edit
- Gill T. (1870). On the Pterocerae of Lamarck, and their mutual relations. American Journal of Conchology. 5(3): 120-139
- Mörch O.A.L. (1852). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso D’Aguirra & Gadea, Comes de Yoldi 1, Cephalophora. L. Klein, Hafniae [Copenhagen], 170 pp