True Conchs
Strombidae
Strombidae, commonly known as the true conchs, is a taxonomic family of medium-sized to very large sea snails in the superfamily Stromboidea.
30 branches of this family, most-observed first
Strombus
genusStrombus
Aliger
genusAliger
Spider Conches
genusLambis
Conomurex
genusConomurex
Maculastrombus
genusMaculastrombus
Canarium
genusCanarium
Gibberulus
genusGibberulus
Macrostrombus
genusMacrostrombus
Harpago
genusHarpago
Doxander
genusDoxander
Lobatus
genusLobatus
Euprotomus
genusEuprotomus
Titanostrombus
genusTitanostrombus
Laevistrombus
genusLaevistrombus
Dolomena
genusDolomena
Persististrombus
genusPersististrombus
Lentigo
genusLentigo
Tridentarius
genusTridentarius
Latissistrombus
genusLatissistrombus
Tricornis
genusTricornis
Ministrombus
genusMinistrombus
Terestrombus
genusTerestrombus
Thetystrombus
genusThetystrombus
Labiostrombus
genusLabiostrombus
Hawaiistrombus
genusHawaiistrombus
Ophioglossolambis
genusOphioglossolambis
Mirabilistrombus
genusMirabilistrombus
Dominus
genusDominus
Fusistrombus
genusFusistrombus
Barneystrombus
genusBarneystrombus
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 old herbals & bestiaries
Georg Wolfgang Knorr; Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch — Schnecken und Muscheln (1770)
Georg Wolfgang Knorr; Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch · 1770 · p.45
Georg Wolfgang Knorr; Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch — Schnecken und Muscheln (1770)
Georg Wolfgang Knorr; Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch · 1770 · p.47
Georg Wolfgang Knorr; Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch — Schnecken und Muscheln (1770)
Georg Wolfgang Knorr; Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch · 1770 · p.43
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Strombidae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 62602.