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
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Pomaulax
Gray, 1850
Type species
Trochus japonicus (Dunker, 1845)

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

Description

The large, solid, imperforate shell has a conic shape. The periphery is carinated. The base of the shell is fkattened. The umbilical tract shows a strong curved rib. The ; operculum is obovate, narrower toward the proximal extremity. Its nucleus is terminal, its outside with four strong granulose ribs radiating from the nucleus. [2]

Species

Species within the genus Pomaulax include:

Species brought into synonymy

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