Thetystrombus latus

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

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^[1]^[2]
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

Description

The shell size varies between 70 mm and 165 mm.

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

^ 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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