Polinices

Polinices
Temporal range: Paleocene to Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Naticoidea
Family: Naticidae
Subfamily: Naticinae
Genus: Polinices
Montfort, 1810
Type species
Polinices albus Montfort, 1810
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Albula Röding, 1798 (Invalid: junior homonym of Albula Osbeck, 1762 [Pisces])
  • Mamillaria Swainson, 1840
  • Mamma H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Natica (Polinices) Montfort, 1810
  • Naticella Swainson, 1840
  • Naticina Guilding, 1834
  • Polynices Menke, 1830 (Spelling variation)
  • Uber Philippi, 1853

Polinices is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Naticidae, commonly known as moon snails.[1][2]

Species

Species within the genus Polinices include:

  • Polinices alveatus (Troschel, 1852)
  • Polinices amiculatus (Philippi, 1849)
  • Polinices aperinus
  • Polinices aurantius (Röding, 1798)
  • Polinices bifasciatus (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834)
  • Polinices candidissimus (Le Guillou, 1842)
  • Polinices caprae (Philippi, 1852)
  • Polinices citrinus (Philippi, 1851)
  • Polinices cleistopsila Barnard, 1963
  • Polinices cora (d'Orbigny, 1840)
  • Polinices cumingianus (Récluz, 1844)
  • Polinices dubius (Récluz, 1844)
  • Polinices flemingianus (Recluz, 1844)
  • Polinices grunerianus (Philippi, 1852)
  • Polinices hacketti Marincovich, 1975
  • Polinices hepaticus (Röding, 1798) - brown moonsnail
  • Polinices immaculatus (Totten, 1835)
  • Polinices intemeratus (Philippi, 1853)
  • Polinices jukesii (Reeve, 1855)
  • Polinices lacteus (Guilding, 1834) - milk moonsnail
  • Polinices leptaleus Watson, 1881
  • Polinices limi Pilsbry, 1931
  • Polinices mammilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Polinices mediopacificus Kosuge, 1979
  • Polinices mellosus (Hedley, 1924)
  • Polinices otis Broderip & Sowerby, 1829
  • Polinices paciae Bozzetti, 1997
  • Polinices panamaensis (Récluz, 1844)
  • Polinices parvulus Bozzetti, 2010
  • Polinices perspicuus (Récluz, 1850)
  • Polinices peselephanti (Link, 1807)
  • Polinices politiana
  • Polinices powisianus (Récluz, 1844)
  • Polinices psila (Watson, 1886)
  • Polinices putealis Garrard, 1961
  • Polinices sagamiensis Pilsbry, 1904
  • Polinices tawhitirahia Powell, 1965
  • Polinices uber (Valenciennes, 1832)
  • Polinices uberinus (d'Orbigny, 1842) - dwarf white moonsnail, white moonsnail
  • Polinices vavaosi (Reeve, 1855)
  • Polinices vestitus Kuroda, 1961
Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. 1 2 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. 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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