Euprotomus (original) (raw)

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Genus of gastropods

Euprotomus
Five views of a shell of Euprotomus aurisdianae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Stromboidea
Family: Strombidae
Genus: EuprotomusGill, 1870
Type species
_Strombus aurisdianae_Linnaeus, C., 1758
Species
See text
Synonyms[1]
Monodactylus Mörch, 1852 (Invalid: junior homonym of Monodactylus Lacépède, 1802 [Pisces]) Strombus (Euprotomus) Gill, 1870

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

Species within the genus Euprotomus include:

Species brought into synonymy

  1. ^ 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 .
  2. ^ Euprotomus aurora Kronenberg, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
  3. ^ Euprotomus bulla (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.