Canarium microurceus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.

Phylogeny

Strombus maculatus Strombus mutabilis Strombus microurceus Strombus labiatus Strombus fragilis Strombus urceus Strombus dentatus Strombus canarium Strombus vittatus Strombus epidromis Strombus fusiformis Strombus haemastoma Strombus wilsoni
Strombus maculatus Strombus mutabilis Strombus microurceus Strombus labiatus Strombus fragilis Strombus urceus Strombus dentatus Strombus canarium Strombus vittatus Strombus epidromis Strombus fusiformis Strombus haemastoma Strombus wilsoni
Strombus maculatus Strombus mutabilis Strombus microurceus Strombus labiatus Strombus fragilis Strombus urceus Strombus dentatus Strombus canarium Strombus vittatus Strombus epidromis Strombus fusiformis Strombus haemastoma
Strombus maculatus Strombus mutabilis Strombus microurceus Strombus labiatus Strombus fragilis Strombus urceus Strombus dentatus Strombus canarium Strombus vittatus Strombus epidromis
Strombus maculatus Strombus mutabilis Strombus microurceus Strombus labiatus Strombus fragilis Strombus urceus Strombus dentatus
Strombus maculatus Strombus mutabilis Strombus microurceus Strombus labiatus
Strombus maculatus Strombus mutabilis
Strombus maculatus
Strombus mutabilis
Strombus microurceus Strombus labiatus
Strombus microurceus
Strombus labiatus
Strombus fragilis Strombus urceus Strombus dentatus
Strombus fragilis Strombus urceus
Strombus fragilis
Strombus urceus
Strombus dentatus
Strombus canarium Strombus vittatus Strombus epidromis
Strombus canarium Strombus vittatus
Strombus canarium
Strombus vittatus
Strombus epidromis
Strombus fusiformis Strombus haemastoma
Strombus fusiformis
Strombus haemastoma
Strombus wilsoni
Part of the phylogeny and relationships of Strombus species, according to Latiolais et al. (2006)

In 2006, Latiolais and colleagues proposed a cladogram that attempts to show the phylogenetic relationships of 34 species within the family Strombidae. The authors analysed 31 species in the genus Strombus including Canarium microurceus (referred to as Strombus microurceus in their analysis), and three species in the allied genus Lambis. The cladogram was based on DNA sequences of both nuclear histone H3 and mitochondrial cytochrome-c oxidase I (COI) protein-coding gene regions. In this proposed phylogeny, Strombus labiatus (= Canarium labiatum) and Strombus microurceus are closely related and appear to share a common ancestor.