Conchs and Allies
Stromboidea
The Stromboidea, originally named the Strombacea by Rafinesque in 1815, is a superfamily of medium-sized to very large sea snails in the clade Littorinimorpha.
7 branches of this superfamily, most-observed first
True Conchs
familyStrombidae
Pelican's Foot Snails
familyAporrhaidae
Struthiolariidae
familyStruthiolariidae
Carrier Shells
familyXenophoridae
Rostellariidae
familyRostellariidae
Seraphsidae
familySeraphsidae
Rimellidae
familyRimellidae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 142977.