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Genus of gastropods

Dolomena
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Stromboidea
Family: Strombidae
Genus: Dolomena
Wenz, 1940
Type species
Strombus pulchellus
Reeve, 1851
Synonyms

Strombus (Dolomena) Wenz, 1940

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

The name of the genus Dolomena was originally introduced by Iredale in 1931, but he did not provide a description. 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:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Dolomena septima (Duclos, 1844): synonym of Margistrombus septimus (Duclos, 1844)
  • Dolomena sibbaldi (Sowerby II, 1842): synonym of Dolomena plicata sibbaldii (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842)

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
  • Liverani V. (2014) The superfamily Stromboidea. Addenda and corrigenda. In: G.T. Poppe, K. Groh & C. Renker (eds), A conchological iconography. pp. 1–54, pls 131–164. Harxheim: Conchbooks.
Taxon identifiers
Dolomena


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