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Aliger
Genus of gastropods
Aliger is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.
Aliger was previously a synonym of Lobatus Swainson, 1837
01Species
Species within the genus Aliger include:
- †Aliger dominator (Pilsbry & Johnson, 1917)
- †Aliger galliformis (Pilsbry & Johnson, 1917)
- Aliger gallus (Linnaeus, 1758):
- Aliger gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species brought into synonymy:
- Aliger costatus (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Lobatus costatus (Gmelin, 1791)
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- Living Lobatus gigas.jpg by divemasterking2000, CC BY 2.0
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