Lambis

Lambis is a genus of large sea snails sometimes known as spider conchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conch family.^[2]

Lambis Temporal range: Tertiary–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Five views of a shell of Lambis crocata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Stromboidea
Family:	Strombidae
Genus:	Lambis Röding, 1798[1]
Type species
Strombus lambis Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Lambis (Lambis) Röding, 1798 Lambis (Millepes) Mörch, 1852 Millepes Mörch, 1852 Pterocera Lamarck, 1799 (junior objective synonym of Lambis) Pterocera (Heptadactylus) Mörch, 1852 Pterocera (Millepes) Mörch, 1852 Pteroceras as of Link, 1807 (incorrect subsequent spelling of Pterocera)

Description

The siphonal canal is long and curved, and the apertural lip is adorned with circumapertural projections, which are fingerlike processes emanating from the edge of the shell aperture.^[3]

Species

Species within the genus Lambis include:

• Lambis arachnoides Shikama, 1971
• Lambis crocata (Link, 1807)
• Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lambis lilikae Villar, 2016
• Lambis millepeda (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lambis montorum T. Cossignani & Lorenz, 2020
• Lambis pilsbryi Abbott, 1961
• Lambis robusta (Swainson, 1821)
• Lambis scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lambis truncata (Humphrey, 1786)

Species brought into synonymy

• Lambis adamii (Bozzetti & Cossignani, 2003) : synonym of Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lambis aratrum Röding, 1798: synonym of Euprotomus aratrum (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
• Lambis arthritica Röding, 1798 : synonym of Harpago arthriticus (Röding, 1798)
• Lambis aurantia (Lamarck, 1822) : synonym of Lambis crocata (Link, 1807)
• Lambis bryonia (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Lambis truncata ([Lightfoot], 1786)
• Lambis bulla Röding, 1798: synonym of Euprotomus bulla (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
• Lambis carinata Röding, 1798: synonym of Margistrombus marginatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lambis carnaria Röding, 1798: synonym of Persististrombus latus (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Thetystrombus latus (Gmelin, 1791)
• Lambis carnea Röding, 1798: synonym of Persististrombus latus (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Thetystrombus latus (Gmelin, 1791)
• Lambis cerea Röding, 1798: synonym of Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lambis chiragra (Linnaeus, 1758) : synonym of Harpago chiragra (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lambis cristinae Bozzetti, 1999: synonym of Lambis scorpius indomaris Abbott, 1961 (hybrid of L. scorpius indomaris x L. lambis)
• Lambis curruca Röding, 1798: synonym of Tricornis tricornis ([Lightfoot], 1786)
• Lambis decora Röding, 1798: synonym of Conomurex decorus (Röding, 1798)
• Lambis digitata (Perry, G., 1811): synonym of Ophioglossolambis digitata (Perry, 1811)
• Lambis flammeus Link, 1807: synonym of Conomurex persicus (Swainson, 1821)
• Lambis fragilis Röding, 1798: synonym of Terestrombus fragilis (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
• Lambis gibbosa Röding, 1798: synonym of Gibberulus gibberulus gibbosus (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
• Lambis harpago Röding, 1798: synonym of Harpago chiragra (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lambis hermaphrodita Röding, 1798: synonym of Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lambis indomaris Abbott, 1961: synonym of Lambis scorpius indomaris Abbott, 1961
• Lambis labiata Röding, 1798: synonym of Canarium labiatum (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
• Lambis laciniata Röding, 1798: synonym of Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lambis lamboides Röding, 1798: synonym of Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lambis lobata Röding, 1798: synonym of Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lambis lobata Röding, 1798 (: 65): synonym of Sinustrombus sinuatus ([Lightfoot], 1786)
• Lambis maculata Röding, 1798: synonym of Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lambis picta Röding, 1798: synonym of Sinustrombus latissimus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lambis pipa Röding, 1798: synonym of Lentigo pipus (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
• Lambis plicata Röding, 1798: synonym of Dolomena plicata (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
• Lambis rana Röding, 1798: synonym of Lentigo lentiginosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lambis reticulata Link, 1807: synonym of Canarium labiatum (Röding, 1798) (uncertain synonym)
• Lambis rugosa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842): synonym of Harpago chiragra rugosus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842)
• Lambis sebae (Kiener, 1843): synonym of Lambis truncata sebae (Kiener, 1843)
• Lambis sowerbyi (Mörch, 1872): synonym of Lambis truncata sowerbyi (Mörch, 1872)
• Lambis turturella Röding, 1798: synonym of Laevistrombus turturella (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
• Lambis undulata Röding, 1798: synonym of Harpago chiragra (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lambis velum Röding, 1798: synonym of Lobatus gallus (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Aliger gallus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lambis violacea (Swainson, 1821): synonym of Ophioglossolambis violacea (Swainson, 1821)
• Lambis vomer Röding, 1798: synonym of Euprotomus vomer (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
• Lambis wheelwhrighti Greene, 1978: synonym of Lambis arachnoides Shikama, 1971

References

1. Röding P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens conchylia sive testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. pp. [1-3], [1-8], 1-199. Hamburg. page 61.
2. Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2011). Lambis Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2011-04-23
3. Stone J. R. (last change 15 September 2004). "Projecting into the past to determine ancestral forms" Archived 2008-12-03 at the Wayback Machine. accessed 27 September 2010.

• Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.