STROMBIDAE Rafinesque, 1815

Coan, Eugene V., Pacaud, Jean-Michel & Kabat, Alan R., 2024, Gérard-Paul Deshayes (1796 - 1875) and his taxa, Geodiversitas 46 (16), pp. 553-930 : 631

Family STROMBIDAE Rafinesque, 1815

mercati, Strombus – Deshayes, 1833b: 232, “pl. 1, figs 5-6”, nomen nudum; 1835b: 192-193, pl. 25, figs 5-6; 1843-HistNatAnim2: 723-724; 1843-HistNatAnim3: 756. — Type localities: Peloponnese Peninsula, Greece. — Type age: Subapennine Formation, Pliocene; also Italy & Faluns de Touraine, age not stated. — Current status: possible synonym of Thetystrombus coronatus (Defrance, 1827) [ Strombus ], a name protected from an unused senior homonym under ICZN Code Art. 23.9.1 ( Harzhauser & Kronenberg 2008, but not mentioning the Deshayes synonym).

novemdactylis, Pterocera – Deshayes, 1843-HistNatAnim2: 678- 679; 1843-HistNatAnim3: 740. — Type locality: none given. — Type age: Recent. — Current status: synonym of the Indo-Pacific Ophioglossolambis digitata (Perry, 1811) [ Strombus ] ( Abbott 1961: 163-164, pl. 121, fig. 3, pl. 129, fig. 2, as Lambis ).

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chemnitzii , Strombus – Deshayes, 1843-HistNatAnim2: 716. This was listed by Sherborn (1925: 1221) as a Deshayes name. However, it was first made available by L. Pfeiffer, 1840, as Deshayes indicated. Pfeiffer’s name is now considered to be a synonym of Euprotomus vomer (Röding, 1798) [ Lambis ].

multipes, Pterocera – Deshayes,1843-HistNatAnim2: 677, ex Chemnitz ms. Sherborn (1928: 4190) listed this as a Deshayes species, but it was first made available by G. B. Sowerby II, 1842. It is a synonym of Ophioglossolambis violacea (Swainson, 1821) [ Pterocera ].

novaezelandiae , Strombus – Deshayes, 1843-HistNatAnim2: 715- 716, ex Chemnitz ms. This was listed by Sherborn (1928: 4425) as being a Deshayes species, but it was first made available by Reeve (1842) and is now regarded as being a synonym of Euprotomus vomer (Röding, 1798) [ Lambis ].