Species Detail: Strombus gigas
Taxonomy / Classification
Scientific Name: Strombus gigas
 
Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)
 
Synonyms:
 
Common Names:
 
Formal Taxonomy:
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda
(Gastropods)		 Neotaenioglossa
 Strombidae Strombus
 
Taxonomic Comments:
 
General Species Description:

Conservation Status
Status type Location Status Review date
CITES Global II

Habitats Terrestrially widely distributed: No

No Habitats listed.

Distribution Status
Distributions Occurrence Status Description
Caribbean

Location Occurrence Status Description
Dutch Caribbean

Population No Population listed.

Threats No Threats listed.

Uses No Uses listed.

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References
Citation Author Reference Type
A survey of the littoral Gastropoda of the Netherlands Antilles and other Caribbean Islands. Studies Fauna Curacao etc. 8, pp. 42-111, 16 pls. Coomans, H.E. Published document
Marine gastropods from Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire / by K.M. de Jong and H.E. Coomans ; in co-operation with F. Verberne ; ed. by P. Wagenaar Hummelinck and L.J. van der Steen. - de Jong, Kornelis Minne. - Coomans, Hendrikus Eduard. - VII, 261 p. : ill., foto's, krt., tek. ; 24 cm. - Also published in: Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands; vol. LXIX, no. 214. - With bibliogr., index. - 90-04-08883-0. - Leiden [etc.] : Brill, 1988 Jong, Kornelis Minne de Published document

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