Aliger

Aliger
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Stromboidea
Family: Strombidae
Genus: Aliger
Thiele, 1929
Type species
Strombus gallus Linnaeus, 1758

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

Aliger has become a synonym of Lobatus Swainson, 1837.

Species

Species within the genus Aliger include:

References

  1. Aliger Thiele, 1929. WoRMS (2010). Aliger. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531665 on 21 March 2011.
  2. Aliger costatus (Gmelin, 1791).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
  3. Aliger gallus (Linnaeus, 1758).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.

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