Oceania

• French Polynesia

Canarium maculatum (Sowerby, 1842); Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia, South Pacific Ocean; 29 mm; Coll. Frank Nolf no. 01911b

Harpago rugosus (Sowerby, 1842); Mururoa, Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia, South Pacific Ocean; 179 mm; Coll. Virgilio Liverani

Lambis pilsbryi Abbott, 1961; Nuku Hiva Island, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific Ocean; in shallow water on sand; 238 mm; Coll. Christian Börnke

Lambis robusta (Swainson, 1821); Huahine Island, Society Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific Ocean; taken at 10 m, on sand, inside reef; 126 mm; Coll. Ulrich Wieneke

Lentigo pipus (Röding, 1798); Tahiti Island, Society Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific Ocean; 5/1979; 67 mm; Coll. Ulrich Wieneke

Sinustrombus sinuatus ([Lightfoot], 1786); Tahiti Island, Society Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific Ocean; t: 87 mm, b: 105 mm; Coll. Christian Börnke

Strombus blanci Tröndlé & Salvat, 2010; Paratype; ~120.000 YBP, Pleistocene; Niau Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia, South Pacific Ocean; Coll. Gijs Kronenberg no. 6387

Tridentarius dentatus (Linnaeus, 1758); Nuku Hiva island, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific Ocean; Coll. Christian Börnke

• tl: 48 mm, tr: 46 mm, ml: 46 mm, mr: 41 mm, b: 38 mm

References

• Abbott, 1960
• Abbott, 1961
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