Pugilina

Pugilina
Five views of a shell of Pugilina morio
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Melongenidae
Genus: Pugilina
Schumacher, 1817[1]
Type species
Murex morio Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms

Cassidulus Gray, 1854 (invalid: junior homonym of Cassidulus Lamarck, 1801 [Echinodermata])

Pugilina is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies. [2]

Species

Species within the genus Pugilina include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. Schumacher (1817). Ess. Vers test. 65: 216.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Pugilina Schumacher, 1817. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224383 on 2015-12-02

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