Lambis

Short description: Genus of gastropods

Lambis

Temporal range: Tertiary–Recent

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Five views of a shell of Lambis crocata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:  | Stromboidea
Family:  | Strombidae
Genus:  | Lambis
Röding, 1798[2]
Type species
Strombus lambis Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms

* Lambis (Lambis) Röding, 1798
* Lambis (Millepes) Mörch, 1852
* Millepes Mörch, 1852
* Pterocera Lamarck, 1799 (junior objective synonym of Lambis)
* Pterocera (Heptadactylus) Mörch, 1852
* Pterocera (Millepes) Mörch, 1852
* Pteroceras as of Link, 1807 (incorrect subsequent spelling of Pterocera)

Lambis is a genus of large sea snails sometimes known as spider conchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conch family.[3]

## Description

The siphonal canal is long and curved, and the apertural lip is adorned with circumapertural projections, which are fingerlike processes emanating from the edge of the shell aperture.[4]

## Species

Species within the genus Lambis include:

* Lambis arachnoides Shikama, 1971
* Lambis crocata (Link, 1807)
* Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lambis lilikae Villar, 2016
* Lambis millepeda (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lambis montorum T. Cossignani & Lorenz, 2020
* Lambis pilsbryi Abbott, 1961
* Lambis robusta (Swainson, 1821)
* Lambis scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lambis truncata (Humphrey, 1786)

Species brought into synonymy

* Lambis adamii (Bozzetti & Cossignani, 2003) : synonym of Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lambis aratrum Röding, 1798: synonym of Euprotomus aratrum (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
* Lambis arthritica Röding, 1798 : synonym of Harpago arthriticus (Röding, 1798)
* Lambis aurantia (Lamarck, 1822) : synonym of Lambis crocata (Link, 1807)
* Lambis bryonia (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Lambis truncata ([Lightfoot], 1786)
* Lambis bulla Röding, 1798: synonym of Euprotomus bulla (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
* Lambis carinata Röding, 1798: synonym of Margistrombus marginatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lambis carnaria Röding, 1798: synonym of Persististrombus latus (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Thetystrombus latus (Gmelin, 1791)
* Lambis carnea Röding, 1798: synonym of Persististrombus latus (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Thetystrombus latus (Gmelin, 1791)
* Lambis cerea Röding, 1798: synonym of Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lambis chiragra (Linnaeus, 1758) : synonym of Harpago chiragra (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lambis cristinae Bozzetti, 1999: synonym of Lambis scorpius indomaris Abbott, 1961 (hybrid of L. scorpius indomaris x L. lambis)
* Lambis curruca Röding, 1798: synonym of Tricornis tricornis ([Lightfoot], 1786)
* Lambis decora Röding, 1798: synonym of Conomurex decorus (Röding, 1798)
* Lambis digitata (Perry, G., 1811): synonym of Ophioglossolambis digitata (Perry, 1811)
* Lambis flammeus Link, 1807: synonym of Conomurex persicus (Swainson, 1821)
* Lambis fragilis Röding, 1798: synonym of Terestrombus fragilis (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
* Lambis gibbosa Röding, 1798: synonym of Gibberulus gibberulus gibbosus (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
* Lambis harpago Röding, 1798: synonym of Harpago chiragra (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lambis hermaphrodita Röding, 1798: synonym of Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lambis indomaris Abbott, 1961: synonym of Lambis scorpius indomaris Abbott, 1961
* Lambis labiata Röding, 1798: synonym of Canarium labiatum (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
* Lambis laciniata Röding, 1798: synonym of Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lambis lamboides Röding, 1798: synonym of Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lambis lobata Röding, 1798: synonym of Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lambis lobata Röding, 1798 (: 65): synonym of Sinustrombus sinuatus ([Lightfoot], 1786)
* Lambis maculata Röding, 1798: synonym of Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lambis picta Röding, 1798: synonym of Sinustrombus latissimus (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lambis pipa Röding, 1798: synonym of Lentigo pipus (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
* Lambis plicata Röding, 1798: synonym of Dolomena plicata (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
* Lambis rana Röding, 1798: synonym of Lentigo lentiginosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lambis reticulata Link, 1807: synonym of Canarium labiatum (Röding, 1798) (uncertain synonym)
* Lambis rugosa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842): synonym of Harpago chiragra rugosus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842)
* Lambis sebae (Kiener, 1843): synonym of Lambis truncata sebae (Kiener, 1843)
* Lambis sowerbyi (Mörch, 1872): synonym of Lambis truncata sowerbyi (Mörch, 1872)
* Lambis turturella Röding, 1798: synonym of Laevistrombus turturella (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
* Lambis undulata Röding, 1798: synonym of Harpago chiragra (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lambis velum Röding, 1798: synonym of Lobatus gallus (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Aliger gallus (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lambis violacea (Swainson, 1821): synonym of Ophioglossolambis violacea (Swainson, 1821)
* Lambis vomer Röding, 1798: synonym of Euprotomus vomer (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
* Lambis wheelwhrighti Greene, 1978: synonym of Lambis arachnoides Shikama, 1971

## References

1. ↑ Sepkoski, J. J. Jr. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 363: 95. https://archive.org/stream/bulletinsofameri363pale#page/n3/mode/2up.
2. ↑ Röding P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens conchylia sive testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. pp. [1-3], [1-8], 1-199. Hamburg. page 61.
3. ↑ Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2011). Lambis Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2011-04-23
4. ↑ Stone J. R. (last change 15 September 2004). "Projecting into the past to determine ancestral forms" . accessed 27 September 2010.

* Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.

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