# Lambis

Lambis is a genus of large sea snails sometimes known as spider conchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conch family.

## Description

The siphonal canal is long and curved, and the apertural lip is adorned with circumapertural projections, which are fingerlike processes emanating from the edge of the shell aperture.

## Species

Species within the genus Lambis include:
* Lambis arachnoides Shikama, 1971
* Lambis crocata (Link, 1807)
* Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lambis lilikae Villar, 2016
* Lambis millepeda (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lambis montorum T. Cossignani & Lorenz, 2020
* Lambis pilsbryi Abbott, 1961
* Lambis robusta (Swainson, 1821)
* Lambis scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lambis truncata (Humphrey, 1786)

### Species brought into synonymy

* Lambis adamii (Bozzetti & Cossignani, 2003) : synonym of Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lambis aratrum Röding, 1798: synonym of Euprotomus aratrum (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
* Lambis arthritica Röding, 1798 : synonym of Harpago arthriticus (Röding, 1798)
* Lambis aurantia (Lamarck, 1822) : synonym of Lambis crocata (Link, 1807)
* Lambis bryonia (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Lambis truncata ([Lightfoot], 1786)
* Lambis bulla Röding, 1798: synonym of Euprotomus bulla (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
* Lambis carinata Röding, 1798: synonym of Margistrombus marginatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lambis carnaria Röding, 1798: synonym of Persististrombus latus (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Thetystrombus latus (Gmelin, 1791)
* Lambis carnea Röding, 1798: synonym of Persististrombus latus (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Thetystrombus latus (Gmelin, 1791)
* Lambis cerea Röding, 1798: synonym of Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lambis chiragra (Linnaeus, 1758) : synonym of Harpago chiragra (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lambis cristinae Bozzetti, 1999: synonym of Lambis scorpius indomaris Abbott, 1961 (hybrid of L. scorpius indomaris x L. lambis)
* Lambis curruca Röding, 1798: synonym of Tricornis tricornis ([Lightfoot], 1786)
* Lambis decora Röding, 1798: synonym of Conomurex decorus (Röding, 1798)
* Lambis digitata (Perry, G., 1811): synonym of Ophioglossolambis digitata (Perry, 1811)
* Lambis flammeus Link, 1807: synonym of Conomurex persicus (Swainson, 1821)
* Lambis fragilis Röding, 1798: synonym of Terestrombus fragilis (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
* Lambis gibbosa Röding, 1798: synonym of Gibberulus gibberulus gibbosus (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
* Lambis harpago Röding, 1798: synonym of Harpago chiragra (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lambis hermaphrodita Röding, 1798: synonym of Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lambis indomaris Abbott, 1961: synonym of Lambis scorpius indomaris Abbott, 1961
* Lambis labiata Röding, 1798: synonym of Canarium labiatum (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
* Lambis laciniata Röding, 1798: synonym of Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lambis lamboides Röding, 1798: synonym of Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lambis lobata Röding, 1798: synonym of Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lambis lobata Röding, 1798 (: 65): synonym of Sinustrombus sinuatus ([Lightfoot], 1786)
* Lambis maculata Röding, 1798: synonym of Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lambis picta Röding, 1798: synonym of Sinustrombus latissimus (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lambis pipa Röding, 1798: synonym of Lentigo pipus (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
* Lambis plicata Röding, 1798: synonym of Dolomena plicata (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
* Lambis rana Röding, 1798: synonym of Lentigo lentiginosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lambis reticulata Link, 1807: synonym of Canarium labiatum (Röding, 1798) (uncertain synonym)
* Lambis rugosa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842): synonym of Harpago chiragra rugosus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842)
* Lambis sebae (Kiener, 1843): synonym of Lambis truncata sebae (Kiener, 1843)
* Lambis sowerbyi (Mörch, 1872): synonym of Lambis truncata sowerbyi (Mörch, 1872)
* Lambis turturella Röding, 1798: synonym of Laevistrombus turturella (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
* Lambis undulata Röding, 1798: synonym of Harpago chiragra (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lambis velum Röding, 1798: synonym of Lobatus gallus (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Aliger gallus (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lambis violacea (Swainson, 1821): synonym of Ophioglossolambis violacea (Swainson, 1821)
* Lambis vomer Röding, 1798: synonym of Euprotomus vomer (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
* Lambis wheelwhrighti Greene, 1978: synonym of Lambis arachnoides Shikama, 1971