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Lobatus

genus of molluscs

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJun 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ6663571 ↗
Source-derived summary

Lobatus is a genus of very large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs. Some of the species within this genus were previously placed in the genus Eustrombus.

Species

Living and fossil species within the genus Lobatus include:

Lobatus peruvianus (Swainson, 1823)

Lobatus raninus (Gmelin, 1791)

†Lobatus dominator (Pilsbry, 1917)

†Lobatus galliformis (Pilsbry, 1917)

†Lobatus haitensis (Sowerby, 1850)

†Lobatus leidyi (Heilprin, 1887)

†Lobatus vokesae Landau et al., 2008

†Lobatus williamsi (Olson & Petit, 1964)

Species brought into synonymy include:

Lobatus costatus (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Macrostrombus costatus (Gmelin, 1791)

Lobatus galeatus (Swainson, 1823) accepted as Titanostrombus galeatus (Swainson, 1823)

Lobatus gallus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Aliger gallus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lobatus gigas (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Aliger gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lobatus goliath (Schröter, 1805) accepted as Titanostrombus goliath (Schröter, 1805)

Lobatus magolecciai (Macsotay & Campos, 2001) accepted as Lobatus raninus (Gmelin, 1791) (junior subjective synonym)

References

Further reading

George H. Darcy (September 1981). Annotated Bibliography of the Conch Genus Strombus (Gastropoda, Strombidae) in the Western Atlantic Ocean. NOAA TECHNICAL REPORT NMFS SSRF—748. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, Malcolm Baldrlge, Secretary; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, John v. Byrne, Administrator; National Marine Fisheries Service.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Lobatus” is genus of molluscs. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Lobatus, genus and molluscs, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1823, 1791, 1917, 1850—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Lobatus, genus and molluscs is the immediate research focus.
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Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6663571. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1823, 1791, 1917 and 1850.

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