Glossaulax

Glossaulax
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

Feeding habits

As is true of all naticid genera, species in this genus are carnivorous and predatory.

References

  1. Pilsbry H. A. (1929). Nautilus 42: 113.
  2. 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
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