Aliger
Genus of gastropods
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Aliger is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]
| Aliger | |
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| Aliger gigas | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Stromboidea |
| Family: | Strombidae |
| Genus: | Aliger Thiele, 1929 |
| Type species | |
| Strombus gallus | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Aliger was previously a synonym of Lobatus Swainson, 1837[2]
Species
Species within the genus Aliger include:
- †Aliger dominator (Pilsbry & Johnson, 1917)
- †Aliger galliformis (Pilsbry & Johnson, 1917)
- Aliger gallus (Linnaeus, 1758):[3]
- Aliger gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species brought into synonymy:
- Aliger costatus (Gmelin, 1791):[4] synonym of Lobatus costatus (Gmelin, 1791)
