Titanostrombus goliath
species of gastropod
Titanostrombus goliath, previously known as Lobatus goliath and Strombus goliath, common name the goliath conch, is a species of very large edible sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs. T. goliath is one of the largest mollusks of the Western Atlantic Ocean, and also one of the largest species among the Strombidae. It was once considered endemic to Brazil, but specimens have also been recently found in the waters of Barbados. Brazilian common names for this species include búzio de chapéu or búzio (in Ceará state), and búzio de aba or buzo in (Bahia state). Some phylogenetic hypotheses consider T. goliath as closely related to the queen conch, Aliger gigas.
Taxonomy
This species was first named as Strombus goliath by German theologian Johann Samuel Schröter in 1805. It is named after the biblical figure Goliath, who is traditionally considered to have been of tremendous size.
The family Strombidae has undergone an extensive taxonomic revision recently and many subgenera, including Eustrombus, were elevated to genus level by some authors. Petuch recombined this species as Titanostrombus goliath in 2004, and Landau et al. recombined it as Lobatus goliath in 2008.
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