Definition of Genus strombus

1. Noun. Type genus of the family Strombidae.

Exact synonyms: Strombus
Generic synonyms: Mollusk Genus
Group relationships: Family Strombidae, Strombidae
Member holonyms: Conch

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Strombus

genus Stizolobium
genus Stizostedion
genus Stokesia
genus Storeria
genus Strekelia
genus Strelitzia
genus Strepera
genus Strepsiceros
genus Streptocarpus
genus Streptococcus
genus Streptomyces
genus Streptopelia
genus Streptosolen
genus Strix
genus Strobilomyces
genus Strombus
genus Strongylodon
genus Strophanthus
genus Stropharia
genus Struthio
genus Struthiomimus
genus Strymon
genus Sturnella
genus Sturnus
genus Stylomecon
genus Stylophorum
genus Styphelia
genus Styracosaurus
genus Styrax
genus Subularia

Literary usage of Genus strombus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletins of American Paleontology by Cornell University, Paleontological Research Institution (1895)
"174, 175. Clench, William James, and Abbott, R. Tucker 1941. The genus Strombus in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia, vol. 1, No. 1, 15 pp., 10 pis. 1942. ..."

2. Transactions of the Geological Society of London by Geological Society of London (1856)
"They are both abnormal forms of the genus Strombus. Locality, Pondicherry, where it appears to be common. 2. Strombus contortus, GB Sowerby, MSS. ..."

3. Outlines of Geology: Intended as a Popular Treatise on the Most Interesting by John Lee Comstock (1836)
"genus strombus. Shell univalve, spiral, expanded; aperture having the lip unusually dilated, and ending in a canal inclined towards the left, ..."

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