Aliger

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Aliger
Aliger gigas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Stromboidea
Family: Strombidae
Genus: Aliger
Thiele, 1929
Type species
Strombus gallus
Synonyms[1]
  • Eustrombus Wenz, 1940
  • Strombus (Aliger) Thiele, 1929 (original rank)
  • Strombus (Eustrombus) Wenz, 1940

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

Aliger was previously a synonym of Lobatus Swainson, 1837[2]

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