Canarium (gastropod)

Canarium
Five views of a shell of Caranarium erthrinum
A variety of live Canarium sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Stromboidea
Family: Strombidae
Genus: Canarium
Schumacher, 1817
Type species
Canarium urceus urceus f. ustulatus Schumacher, H.C.F., 1817
Synonyms[1]
  • Fusistrombus Bandel, 2007
  • Hawaiistrombus Bandel, 2007
  • Strombidea Swainson, 1840
  • Strombus (Canarium)

Canarium is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Canarium include:

Species brought into synonymy 

References

  1. 1 2 Canarium Schumacher, 1817 . WoRMS (2009). Canarium . Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531647 on 24 March 2011.

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