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Mirabilistrombus Listeri

Stromboidea

• Strombidae
  • Mirabilistrombus
    • Mirabilistrombus listeri (Gray, 1852)

Original Description of Strombus listeri by Gray, 1852, p. 430:

• "S. testa fusiformi, turrita, alba, luteo-fasciata et maculata, ultimo anfractu subcompresso, obtuse angulato, inferne sulcato; spira longitudinaliter plicata, transversim striata; labro plano, valde expanso, subquadrato, superne producto, intus laevi."
• Dimensions: "Long. 4 3/5 unc., lat. 1 4/5 unc."

History and Synonymy

Mirabilistrombus listeri (T. Gray, 1852: 430) (Strombus)

• Syn.: Strombus mirabilis Sowerby^2nd, 1870: 257, pl. 21 fig. 4

1688

Description of Lister et al., 1688, pl. 855:

• "Buccinum bilingue Canadense, labro lavi, ex inferiore parte mucronato, clavicula dense admodum striata, longa, tenui."

Lister, Lister & Lister, 1688, pl. 855

1870

Original Description of Strombus mirabilis by Sowerby, 1870, p. 257:

• "S. testa elongato-fusiformi, ad spiram et anfractum ultimum castaneo fasciata, inter fascias fusco angulatim et undatim strigata, ad dorsum castaneo saturatiore et magis suffuso picta; spira elongata; anfractibus 12 circa, quorum 7 apicalibus subrotundis longitudinaliter costatis, spiraliter inter costas striatis, 3 ad 4 ultimis laevibus, angulatis, ultimo in canalem caudalem attenuatum valide retrorsus tortuosum terminante; columella laevigata, arcuata, labio albo, late expanso, alato, ad canalem anticum emarginato, prope canalem unilobato, inter lobum et alam sinu maximo emarginato, ala laevigata, retiuscula, incrassata, in lobum superne elevata, tum profunde emarginata, ad anfractum ultimum elevata."
• "Hab. Ceylon"

Strombus mirabilis Sowerby, 1870, pl. XXI, fig. 4

Specimens from private collections

Mirabiblistrombus listeri (Gray, 1852)

1. Golf of Oman; 10/1978; 135,1 mm; Coll. UW2400
2. Mergui Archipelago, Union of Myanmar; taken by Birman trawlers; 122,3 mm, Coll. UW2401
3. Mergui Archipelago, Union of Myanmar; taken by Birman trawlers; 125,5 mm, Coll. UW2402

Mirabilistrombus listeri; Arafura Sea, between Aru and Australia; trawled by Indonesian fishermen at approx. 144 m; 2005; 116,8 mm; ex Coll. Bunjamin Dharma, Coll. Kronenberg No. 6289

References

• Gray, 1852
• Kronenberg, 1998
• Sowerby,1870