Pomaulax japonicus

Pomaulax japonicus
Shell of Pomaulax japonicus (Dunker, 1844), measuring 47.7 mm in height by 74.8 mm diameter, collected with tangle nets at 20 m depth off Pt. Daio, Shima-cho, in Japan.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Subfamily: Turbininae
Genus: Pomaulax
Species: P. japonicus
Binomial name
Pomaulax japonicus
(Dunker, 1844)

Pomaulax japonicus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1]

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Description

Distribution

References

  1. ^ Pomaulax japonicus (Dunker, 1844).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413418 on 20 April 2010.