Aliger

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Aliger
Aliger gigas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Stromboidea
Family: Strombidae
Genus: Aliger
Thiele, 1929
Type species
Strombus gallus
Synonyms[1]
  • Eustrombus Wenz, 1940
  • Strombus (Aliger) Thiele, 1929 (original rank)
  • Strombus (Eustrombus) Wenz, 1940

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

Aliger was previously a synonym of Lobatus Swainson, 1837 [2]

Species[edit]

Species within the genus Aliger include:

Species brought into synonymy:

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Aliger". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Aliger gallus (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
  4. ^ Aliger costatus (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
  • Thiele, J. (1929-1935). Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde. Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1154 pp. Vol. 1 part 1: 1-376 [between 4 September and 21 October 1929]; Vol. 1 part 2: 377-778 [before 31 October 1931]; Vol. 2 part 3: 779-1022 [before 19 January 1934]; Vol. 2 part 4: i-iv, 1023–1154, i-vi for volume 1 [before 27 March 1935]. Dates from Bieler, R. & Boss, K. J. (1989), Nemouria, 34.
  • 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.
  • Maxwell S.J., Dekkers A.M., Rymer T.L. & Congdon B.C. (2020). Towards resolving the American and West African Strombidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Neostromboidae) using integrated taxonomy. The Festivus. 52(1): 3-38.