Polinices

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Genus of gastropods

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::summary Genus of gastropods ::

|image = Polinices lacteus 01.JPG |image_caption = Polinices lacteus shell |taxon = Polinices |authority = Montfort, 1810 |type_species= Polinices albus Montfort, 1810 |synonyms_ref = | synonyms =

  • Albula Röding, 1798 (Invalid: junior homonym of Albula Osbeck, 1762 [Pisces])
  • Eucaryum Ehrenberg, 1831
  • Mamillaria Swainson, 1840
  • Mamma H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (junior synonym)
  • Mammillaria Herrmannsen, 1847 (Unjustified emendation)
  • Natica (Mamma) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Natica (Polinices) Montfort, 1810
  • Naticella Swainson, 1840
  • Naticina Guilding, 1834
  • Polinices (Polinices) Montfort, 1810· accepted, alternate representation
  • Polynices Herrmannsen, 1847 (Invalid: unjustified emendation of Polinices)
  • † Uba [sic] (Incorrect subsequent spelling)
  • Uber Philippi, 1853 |display_parents= 3

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/Polinices_galianor_SD_Pliocene_1.jpg" caption="''Polinices galianor'' from the [[Pliocene]] of San Diego County, California."] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Polinices_galianor_SD_Pliocene_2.jpg" caption="''Polinices galianor'' umbilicus; Pliocene of San Diego County, California."] ::

Polinices is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polinicinae of the family Naticidae, commonly known as moon snails.

Species

Species within the genus Polinices include:

References

  • Powell A. W. B. (1979), New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand
  • Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
  • Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls.
  • Ehrenberg, C. G. (1831). Symbolae physicae, seu, Icones et descriptiones corporum naturalium novorum aut minus cognitorum, quae ex itineribus per Libyam Aegyptum Nubiam Dongalam Syriam Arabiam et Habessiniam publico institutis sumptu Friderici Guilelmi Hemprich et Christiani Godofredi Ehrenberg, Animalia evertebrata, Animalia Mollusca. Zoologica. II: unpaginated [46 pages], plates 1-2. page(s): 46

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2011). Polinices Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147109 on 2011-04-17
  2. Huelsken, T., Tapken, D., Dahlmann, T., Wägele, H., Riginos, C., Hollmann, M. (2012). Systematics and phylogenetic species delimitation within Polinices s.l. (Caenogastropoda: Naticidae) based on molecular data and shell morphology. Organisms Diversity & Evolution. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-012-0111-5. [https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs13127-012-0111-5 ODE homepage]
  3. Gofas, S. (2009). Polinices didyma (Röding, 1798). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225263 on 2010-08-05
  4. WoRMS (2009). Euspira lewisii (Gould, 1847). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246813 on 2010-08-05

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