Ministrombus


Ministrombus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.

Nomenclature

Some authors have argued that the name Ministrombus is not available from Bandel and have instread attributed it to Dekkers, 2010, who used the name at the rank of genus. Admittedly Bandel did not explicitly diagnose the new subgenus, but he included in it only the type species, which he diagnosed, and we take the view that this confered availability to the name Ministrombus.

Species