Stromboidea

• Strombidae
  • Lambis
    • Lambis millepeda x sowerbyi hybrid

History and Synonymy

1970

Kurz, 1970 described an unusual large Lambis millepeda

1971

Shikama, 1971 described Lambis arachnoides

1978

Greene, 1978 described Lambis wheelwrighti

Lambis millepeda x truncata sebae; hybrid form; Cebu Island, Central Visayas Region, Philippines; Coll. Gijs Kronenberg no. 5784

• figured in Vita Marina 42(2):53, fig. 7, left

Lambis millepeda x truncata sebae; hybrid form; Sulu Island, Philippines; Coll. Gijs Kronenberg no. 5783

• figured in Vita Marina 42(2):53, fig. 7, right

Lambis millepeda x truncata sebae; hybrid form; Malampaya Sound, Palawan Island, Palawan Province, Mimaropa Region, Philippines; Coll. Gijs Kronenberg no. 2509

• figured in Vita Marina 42(2):47, pl. 2, fig. 2a, 2b

Lambis arachnoides Shikama, 1971; Philippines Islands; 180 mm; Coll. Gijs Kronenberg no. 439

• figured in Vita Marina 42(2):49, pl. 3, fig. 2a, 2b

Lambis millepeda x truncata; hybrid form; Bantayan Island, Cebu Province; Central Visayas Region, Philippines; Coll. Gijs Kronenberg no. 6305

Lambis arachnoides Shikama, 1971; Bohol Island, Bohol Province, Central Visayas Region, Philippines; Coll. Gijs Kronenberg no. 440

Lambis wheelwrighti (Greene, 1978); 208 mm; Palawan Island, Palawan Province, Mimaropa Region, Philippines; from fishermen; 3/2008; Coll. Fikret Özer

Lambis millepeda x sowerbyi; hybrid form; local fisherman in Bungin Island, Indonesia; 182 mm; Coll. Anthony Suhandi

Lambis arachnoides Shikama, 1971; Philippines Islands; Coll. Guido Poppe

• left column: Bohol Island, Bohol Province, Central Visayas Region; taken at 20-25 m; collected from local fishermen; 208 mm; 2009; no. 537892
• middle column: Balabac Island, southern Palawan Province, Mimaropa Region; 20-35 m; collected by local fishermen; 234 mm; 2009; no. 531126
• right column: Coron Island, Palawan Province, Mimaropa Region; from fishermen, Between 10-25 m; 171 mm; 2005; no. 261624

Lambis arachnoides Shikama, 1971; Philippines Islands; Coll. Guido Poppe

• left column: Balabac Island, southern Palawan Province, Mimaropa Region; fished by fishermen from Olango Island; 217 mm; Summer 2007; no. 402084
• middle column: Ticao Island, San Miguel; 6 m; 188 mm; March 2006; no. 316674
• right column: Balabac Island, southern Palawan Province, Mimaropa Region; between 10-25 m; from local fishermen; 222 mm; 2006; no. 310709

Lambis arachnoides Shikama, 1971; Philippines Islands; Coll. Guido Poppe

• left column: Caubian Island; collected by local fishermen; 213 mm; 2008; no. 463642
• middle column: Calitoban Island, Bohol Province, Central Visayas Region; collected by local fishermen; 172 mm; 2009; no. 529039
• right column: Balabac Island, southern Palawan Province, Mimaropa Region; 10-25 m; collected by local fishermen; 220 mm; 2009; no. 528316

Lambis arachnoides Shikama, 1971; Philippines Islands; Coll. Guido Poppe

• left column: Olango Island, Cebu Province, Central Visayas Region; 10-25 m; collected by local fishermen; 224 mm; 2008; no. 468695
• middle column: Palawan Island, Palawan Province, Mimaropa Region; 10-15 m; collected by local fishermen; 217 mm; 2010; no. 611905
• right column: Balabac Island, southern Palawan Province, Mimaropa Region; between 10-20 m; from local fishermen; 203 mm; 2007; no. 422272

Lambis arachnoides Shikama, 1971; Philippines Islands; Coll. Guido Poppe

• left column: Palawan Island, Palawan Province, Mimaropa Region; dived, 10-15 m; collected by local fishermen; 212 mm; 2009; no.531924
• middle column: Palawan Island, Palawan Province, Mimaropa Region; 10-25 m; collected by local fishermen; 212 mm; 2009; no. 535867
• right column: Palawan Island, Palawan Province, Mimaropa Region; collected diving; by fishermen from Olango Island; 180 mm; 2007; no. 420492

Lambis arachnoides Shikama, 1971; Philippines Islands; Coll. Guido Poppe

• left column: Palawan Island, Palawan Province, Mimaropa Region; found by fisherman on sand through diving; 202 mm; 5/1998; Ex-coll. D. & M. Meyer; no. 333786
• middle column: Olango Island, Cebu Province, Central Visayas Region; 10-25 m; 182 mm; 2010; no. 563398
• right column: Olango Island, Cebu Province, Central Visayas Region; 10-25 m; 188 mm; 2012; no. 707951

Lambis arachnoides Shikama, 1971; Philippines Islands; Coll. Guido Poppe

• left column: Palawan Island, Palawan Province, Mimaropa Region; 10-25 m; collected by local fishermen; 220 mm; 2010; no. 573735
• middle column: Palawan Island, Palawan Province, Mimaropa Region; collected by local fishermen; 218 mm; 2007; no. 382324
• right column: Coron Island, Palawan Province, Mimaropa Region; taken between 15-30 m; 201 mm; 2007; no. 427190

Lambis arachnoides Shikama, 1971; Philippines Islands; Coll. Guido Poppe

• left column: Masbate Island, Masbate Province, Bicol Region; 10-20 m; 199 mm; 2003; no. 101746
• middle column: Zamboanga, Mindanao Island, Zamboanga Peninsula Region; 10-15 m; collected by local fishermen; 225 mm; 2009; no. 531132
• right column: Balabac Island, southern Palawan Province, Mimaropa Region; collected by local fishermen; 257 mm; 2009; no. 548227

Discussion

• top left: Lambis sowerbyi (Mörch, 1872)
• bottom right: Lambis millepeda (Linnaeus, 1758)
• middle: 8 specimens of Lambis sowerbyi x Lambis millepeda hybrids forms
  • code: 0 means "no digit", situation as in Lambis sowerbyi
  • code x means "digit", situation as in Lambis millepeda (or mixed)

References

• Greene, 1978
• Kronenberg, G.C. 1993. On the identity of Lambis wheelwrighti Greene, 1978 and L. arachnoides Shikama, 1971. – Vita Marina 42(2): 41-56.
• Kurz, 1970
• Shikama, T., 1971. On some noteworthy marine gastropoda from southwestern Japan (III). Sci. Rep. Yok. Nat. Univ., (II)8:27-35