Aliger

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

Aliger
Aliger gigas
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Stromboidea
Family:	Strombidae
Genus:	Aliger Thiele, 1929
Type species
Strombus gallus Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[1]
Eustrombus Wenz, 1940 Strombus (Aliger) Thiele, 1929 (original rank) Strombus (Eustrombus) Wenz, 1940

Aliger was previously a synonym of Lobatus Swainson, 1837^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Aliger include:

• †Aliger dominator (Pilsbry & Johnson, 1917)
• †Aliger galliformis (Pilsbry & Johnson, 1917)
• Aliger gallus (Linnaeus, 1758):^[3]
• Aliger gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Aliger costatus (Gmelin, 1791):^[4] synonym of Lobatus costatus (Gmelin, 1791)

References

1. "Aliger". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
2. 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.
3. Aliger gallus (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
4. Aliger costatus (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.

• Thiele, J. (1929-1935). Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde. Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1154 pp. Vol. 1 part 1: 1-376 [between 4 September and 21 October 1929]; Vol. 1 part 2: 377-778 [before 31 October 1931]; Vol. 2 part 3: 779-1022 [before 19 January 1934]; Vol. 2 part 4: i-iv, 1023–1154, i-vi for volume 1 [before 27 March 1935]. Dates from Bieler, R. & Boss, K. J. (1989), Nemouria, 34.
• 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.
• Maxwell S.J., Dekkers A.M., Rymer T.L. & Congdon B.C. (2020). Towards resolving the American and West African Strombidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Neostromboidae) using integrated taxonomy. The Festivus. 52(1): 3-38.