Pomaulax

Pomaulax
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
Gray, 1850

Pomaulax is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Pomaulax include:

References

  1. ^ Pomaulax Gray, 1850.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413355 on 20 April 2010.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Pomaulax gibberosus (Dillwyn, 1817).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581670 on 5 October 2011.