PERSISTISTROMBUS LATUS

Thetystrombus latus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Strombidae
Genus:	Thetystrombus
Species:	T. latus
Binomial name
	Thetystrombus latus; ( Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
	Lambis carnaria Röding, 1798; Lambis carnea Röding, 1798; Lambis fasciatus Gmelin, 1807; Strombus adansoni DeFrance, 1827; Strombus auratus Spalowsky, 1795; Strombus bubo Deshayes, 1833; Strombus bubonius Lamarck, 1822; Strombus dilatatus Lamarck, 1822 (Invalid: junior homonym of Strombus dilatatus Swainson, 1821); Strombus fasciatus Gmelin, 1791 (Invalid: junior homonym of Strombus fasciatus Born, 1778); Strombus latus Gmelin, 1791 ( basionym); Strombus latus f. arenensis Bernard, 1982 (Unavailable name: infrasubspecific (ICZN Art. 15.2)); Strombus latus f. minima Bernard, 1984 (Unavailable name: infrasubspecific (ICZN Art. 15.2)); Strombus latus f. portgentilensis Bernard, 1984 (Unavailable name: infrasubspecific (ICZN Art. 15.2)); Strombus mediterraneus Duclos, 1844;

Thetystrombus latus, commonly known as the Bubonian conch, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.^[3]

Description

The shell size varies between 70 mm and 165 mm.

The Bubonian conch occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa, Senegal, Gabon, Cape Verde, Ascension Island and Angola.

^ GBIF
^ WMSD
^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Thetystrombus latus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1428085 on 2021-04-22

Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp
Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp.
Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.

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