Genus Tricornis Jousseaume, 1886

• Tricornis Jousseaume, F. 1886. Coquilles marines des cotes d'Abyssinie et de Zanzibar, recueilis par M. Raffray en 1873 et en 1874. Le Naturaliste 1 1886: 220-222 [220] [no. 28].

  Type species:

   Strombus tricornis Lightfoot, 1786 (AFD has Lamarck, 1822) by monotypy (= Strombus tricornis Humphrey, 1786 (Abbott, R.T., 1960) [53]).

  Secondary source:

   Abbott, R.T. 1960. The genus Strombus in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(2): 33-146 [53].
• Lobatus Iredale, T. 1921. Unpublished Plates of Thomas Martyn, Conchologis. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 14: 131-134 [Date published June/23/1921] [208] [as Lobatus 'Swainson' Iredale, 1921; Catalogue of foreign shells in the possession of the Manchester Natural History Society: 75; Name often attributed in error to Iredale, 1921].

  Type species:

   Strombus bituberculatus Lamarck by monotypy (= Unknown raninus Gmelin, 1791 (Abbott. R.T. 1960)).

  Secondary source:

   Abbott, R.T. 1960. The genus Strombus in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(2): 33-146 [53].
• Aliger Thiele, J. 1929. Handbuch der Systematischen Weichtierkunde. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 1(Part 1) 376 pp. [254].

  Type species:

   Strombus gallus Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   Abbott, R.T. 1960. The genus Strombus in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(2): 33-146 [53].
• Eustrombus Wenz, W. 1940. Handbuch der Paläozoologie. Band 6, Gastropoda. Berlin : Gebrüder Borntraeger Teil 4, Leiferung 6 pp. 721-960, several text figs. [945].

  Type species:

   Strombus gigas Linnaeus, 1758 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Abbott, R.T. 1960. The genus Strombus in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(2): 33-146 [53].

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Tropical Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans

General References

Kreipl, K. & Poppe, G.T. 2014. The family Strombidae. 1-59, pls 1-130 in Poppe, G.T. & Groh, K. (eds). Conchological Iconography. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks. [28]

Raven, H 2002. Notes on molluscs from NW Borneo. 1. Stromboidea (Gastropoda, Strombidae, Rostellariidae, Seraphidae). Vita Malacologica 1: 3-32 [20]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [159]

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