Stromboidea

• Strombidae
  • Lambis Röding, 1798

Original Description of Lambis by Röding, 1798:

• "Die Flügel-Schnecke: 3. Alis digitatus. Mit gespaltenem Flügel."

Lambis Röding, 1798: 61.

Type species by absolute tautonomy: Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758) = Strombus lambis Linnaeus, 1758

The following species and subspecies belong to Lambis:

• Lambis crocata (Link, 1807)
• Lambis indomaris Abbott, 1961
• Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lambis millepeda (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lambis pilsbryi Abbott, 1961
• Lambis robusta (Swainson, 1821)
• Lambis scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lambis sebae (Kiener, 1843)
• Lambis sowerbyi Mörch, 1872
• Lambis truncata ([Lightfoot], 1786)
• Lambis sp.

There are several hybrids known:

• Lambis crocata x lambis
• Lambis crocata x millepeda
• Lambis crocata x scorpius
• Lambis crocata x indomaris
• Lambis indomaris x lambis
• Lambis lambis x millepeda
• Lambis lambis x scorpius
• Lambis lambis x sowerbyi
• Lambis millepeda x scorpius
• Lambis millepeda x sowerbyi
• Lambis lambis x Sinustrombus latissimus
• Lambis sowerbyi x Sinustrombus latissimus
• Harpago arthriticus x Lambis lambis
• Harpago chiragra x Lambis lambis
• Harpago chiragra x Lambis sowerbyi

closely related genera are:

• Harpago
• Ophioglossolambis

History and Synonymy:

• Syn.: Digitata Fabricius, 1823: 86 [nom.nud. fide Abbott, 1960]
• Syn.: Heptadactylus Mörch, 1852: 60
• Syn.: Millepes Mörch, 1852: 60
• Syn.: Millipes H. & A.Adams, 261 [?err. pro. Millepes]
• Syn.: Pterocera Lamarck, 1799: 72
• Syn.: Pteroceras Link, 1807: 109
• Syn.: Pteroceres Montfort, 1810: 607
• Syn.: Pterocerus Brongniart, 1829: 410

1799

Original Diagnosis of the genus Pterocera by Lamarck, 1799, p. 72:

• "Pterocère. Pterocera. Coq. ventrue, terminée inférieurement par un canal alongé; bord droit se dilatant avec l`age, en aile digitée, et ayant un sinus vers sa base."
• Type species: "Strombus lambis. Lin."

1852

Mörch, 1852:60 defined

• Millepes by refering to Klein, 1753. Species were: Pterocera (Millepes) millepeda, Pterocera (Millepes) scorpius
• Heptadactylus by refering to Klein, 1753. Species were: Pterocera (Heptadactylus) crocata, Pterocera (Heptadactylus) Yoldii, Pterocera (Heptadactylus) lambis, Pterocera (Heptadactylus) radix bryoniae

References

• Alvarado, R., & Bautista, C. (1977). Las colecciones malacologicas del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales de Madrid [Espana]. Revision del genero Lambis Roeding, 1798 (estirpe Strombacea, familia Strombidae). Boletin de la Real Sociedad Espanola de Historia Natural. Seccion Biologica, 75.
• Bozzetti, 1999
• Fabricius, O. 1823. Fortegnelser over Fabriciussesefterladte Naturalier. Copenhagen
• Greene, 1978
• Kreipl et al., 1999
• Kronenberg, 1993
• KRONENBERG, G. C. (2008). An intergeneric hybrid (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Strombidae) with remarks on the subdivision of Indo-Pacific Tricornis. Basteria, 72(4-6), 331-343.
• Lamarck, 1799
• Mörch, O. A. L. 1852. Catalogus conchyliorum quæ reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi. Fasciculus primus. Cephalophora. - pp. [1-4], 1-170, [1-2]. Hafniæ.
• Röding, 1798
• Woodward, M.F. 1894. On the anatomy of Pterocera, with some notes on the crystalline style. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 1:143-150 + 1 pl, Fulltext