Dolomena

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

Dolomena
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Stromboidea
Family:	Strombidae
Genus:	Dolomena Wenz, 1940
Type species
Strombus pulchellus Reeve, 1851
Synonyms[1]
Strombus (Dolomena) Wenz, 1940

The name of the genus Dolomena was originally introduced by Iredale in 1931, but he did not provide a description.[2] Therefore he was not accepted as the author of this genus (Art. 13.1 of the ICZN Code)

Species

Species within the genus Dolomena include:

• Dolomena abbotti Dekkers & Liverani, 2011
• † Dolomena bruneiensis Harzhauser, Raven & Landau, 2018
• Dolomena columba (Lamarck, 1822)
• Dolomena dilatata (Swainson, 1821)
• Dolomena hickeyi (Willan, 2000)
• Dolomena labiosa (Wood, 1828)
• Dolomena minima (Linnaeus, 1771)
• Dolomena plicata (Röding, 1798)
• Dolomena pulchella (Reeve, 1851)
• Dolomena swainsoni (Reeve, 1851)
• Dolomena variabilis (Swainson, 1820)
• Dolomena wienekei Wiersma & D. Monsecour, 2012

Species brought into synonymy

• Dolomena septima (Duclos, 1844): synonym of Margistrombus septimus (Duclos, 1844)
• Dolomena sibbaldi (Sowerby II, 1842): synoym of Dolomena plicata sibbaldii (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842)

References

1. Dolomena Wenz, 1940 . WoRMS (2009). Dolomena. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531649 on 25 March 2011 .
2. 1931, Records of the Australian Museum, 18(4): 212, 232

• Liverani V. (2014) The superfamily Stromboidea. Addenda and corrigenda. In: G.T. Poppe, K. Groh & C. Renker (eds), A conchological iconography. pp. 1-54, pls 131-164. Harxheim: Conchbooks.