Glossaulax
| Glossaulax | |
|---|---|
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| Glossaulax didyma | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Naticoidea |
| Family: | Naticidae |
| Genus: | Glossaulax Pilsbry, 1929[1] |
| Type species | |
| Natica reclusiana Deshayes, 1839 | |
Glossaulax is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. [2]
Species
- Glossaulax aulacoglossa (Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1909)
- Glossaulax didyma (Röding, 1798)
- Glossaulax draconis (Dall, 1903)
- Glossaulax epheba (Hedley, 1915)
- Glossaulax petiveriana (Récluz, 1843)
- Glossaulax reclusiana (Deshayes, 1839)
- Glossaulax reiniana (Dunker, 1877)
- Glossaulax vesicalis (Philippi, 1849)
Feeding habits
As is true of all naticid genera, species in this genus are carnivorous and predatory.
References
- ↑ Pilsbry H. A. (1929). Nautilus 42: 113.
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2012). Glossaulax Pilsbry, 1929. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570170 on 2012-05-30
- Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls.
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