Article · Wikipedia archive · Last revised Jul 17, 2026

Lobatus

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.

Last revised
Jul 17, 2026
Read time
≈ 1 min
Length
323 w
Citations
4
Source
Lobatus
Lobatus raninus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Strombidae
Genus: Lobatus
Swainson, 1837
Type species
Strombus bituberculatus
Lamarck, 1822

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.1

Species

Living and fossil species within the genus Lobatus include:234

Apertural and abapertural views of a shell of Lobatus peruvianus source ↗

Species brought into synonymy include:

References

References

  1. Landau B. M., Kronenberg G. C. & Herbert G. S. (2008). "A large species of Lobatus (Gastropoda: Strombidae) from the Neogene of the Dominican Republic, with notes on the genus". The Veliger 50(1): 31-38 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
  2. "Lobatus [Swainson], 1837". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  3. The Paleobiology Database
  4. Landau B., Kronenberg G. C. & Da Silva C. M. (2010). "A new species of Lobatus (Caenogastropoda, Strombidae) from the Neogene of the Dominican Republic, with notes on further species from the Dominican assemblages". Basteria 74(4-6): 95-109.
Further reading

Further reading