Stromboidea

• Strombidae
  • Labiostrombus
    • Labiostrombus epidromis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Original Description of Strombus epidromis by Linnaeus, 1758:

• "S. testa labro rotundato brevi, ventre laevi, spira subnodosa."

Locus typicus: "in O. Asiae"

History and Synonymy

1766

Epidromis in Rumphius, 1766, pl. XXXVI, fig. M

1843

Strombus epidromis in Kiener, 1843, vol. 4, pl. 26, fig. 1

Strombus epidromis juvenile in Kiener, 1843, vol. 4, pl. ?, fig. 4

1844

Strombus epidromis in Duclos, 1844, pl. 10, fig. 8, 9

1851

Strombus epidromis in Reeve, 1851, Strombus, pl. 19, fig. 54

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Specimens from private collections

Labiostrombus epidromis (Linnaeus, 1758); Satun, Western Peninsula, Thailand, Andaman Sea; from fisherman; 2002; Coll. René Vanwalleghem

• t: 79 mm
• b: 74 mm

Labiostrombus epidromis (Linnaeus, 1758); Sulu Sea, Philippines Islands; 82 mm; Coll. Francesco Giovanoli

Labiostrombus epidromis (Linnaeus, 1758); Chesterfield Islands Archipelago (Chesterfield Reef), Coral Sea, 550 km northwest of Grande Terre, New Caledonia, Melanesia; 74 mm; Coll. Francesco Giovanoli

Labiostrombus epidromis (Linnaeus, 1758); Samar Island, Eastern Visayas, Philippines; 81.5 mm; Coll. Francesco Giovanoli

Labiostrombus epidromis (Linnaeus, 1758); Chesterfield Islands Archipelago (Chesterfield Reef), Coral Sea, 550 km northwest of Grande Terre, New Caledonia, Melanesia; at 10 m; 76 mm; Coll. Francesco Giovanoli

Labiostrombus epidromis (Linnaeus, 1758); New Caledonia; 55 mm; Coll. Francesco Giovanoli

Labiostrombus epidromis (Linnaeus, 1758) freak; Palawan, Philippines; 57 mm; taken by local divers at 25m; Coll. Hitoshi Ikeda

Labiostrombus cf. epidromis (Linnaeus, 1758); Tubkaek Beach, Krabi, Thailand, Andaman Sea; 8/2016; 61 mm; Coll. Manuel Pietzonka