Dolomena

Dolomena is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]

Dolomena
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Stromboidea
Family: Strombidae
Genus: Dolomena
Wenz, 1940
Type species
Strombus pulchellus
Reeve, 1851
Synonyms[1]
  • Ministrombus Bandel, 2007
  • Strombus (Dolomena) Wenz, 1940

The name of the genus Dolomena was originally introduced by Iredale in 1931, but he did not provide a description.[2] Therefore he was not accepted as the author of this genus (Art. 13.1 of the ICZN Code)

Species

Species within the genus Dolomena include:

References

  1. Dolomena Wenz, 1940 . WoRMS (2009). Dolomena. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531649 on 25 March 2011 .
  2. 1931, Records of the Australian Museum, 18(4): 212, 232


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