Polinices mammilla

Polinices mammilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Naticoidea
Family: Naticidae
Subfamily: Polinicinae
Genus: Polinices
Species: P. mammilla
Binomial name
Polinices mammilla
(Linnaeus)
Synonyms
  • Mamillaria tumida Swainson, 1840
  • Natica albula Récluz, 1851
  • Natica cygnea Philippi, 1852
  • Natica intermedia Récluz, 1843 (non Deshayes, 1832 nec Philippi, 1836)
  • Natica ponderosa Philippi, 1852
  • Natica pyriformis Récluz, 1844
  • Nerita mammilla Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym)
  • Polinices albus Montfort, 1810
  • Polinices pyriformis (Récluz, 1844)

Polinices mammilla is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1] [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Tanzania, Transkei and is also found in the Central Indo-Pacific Ocean and in the west Pacific Ocean off Australia.[2]

References

  1. Polinices mammilla (Linnaeus). WoRMS (2009). Polinices mammilla (Linnaeus). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216923 on 17 June 2010.
  2. 1 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
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