What is the star system?
The star system calculates the number of pieces that were handled by Conchology, Inc. in the last 21 years:
| 0 – 5 pieces | 6 stars |
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| 6 – 10 pieces | 5 stars |
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| 11 - 25 pieces | 4 stars | |
| 26 - 75 pieces | 3 stars | |
| 76 - 150 pieces | 2 stars | |
| > 150 pieces | 1 star | |
We want to point out that the star system is only very reliable for PHILIPPINE shells only, as we handle very few foreign shells in general. As time goes, the system will become more and more performant.
Strophiops crassamarga Maynard, 1924a: Plate 39, figs. 7, 8 (figures captioned S. crassamarga)
Strophiops crassalabra Gould and Woodruff, 1986:481
Strophiops crassalabra Harasewych et al., 2007:502, fig. 211
[25° 2' N, -77° 17' W]
There are 299 paralectotypes, including MCZ 76360 and MCZ 118274.
The binomen S. crassamarga was published in the caption beneath the figures [plate 39, figs. 7, 8] cited in the original description of Strophiops crassalabra Maynard and Clapp in Maynard, 1921b:143, and was not used subsequently by Maynard, who listed the taxon as S. crassilabra in the sales catalog (Maynard, undated, 1924?:[6]). Strophiops crassamarga has the same type specimens and type locality, and is an objective junior synonym of Strophiops crassalabra Maynard and Clapp in Maynard, 1921.
Gould and Woodruff (1986:481) reported that they had seen the "Holotype" and synonymized Cerion crassalabra with C. glans.