Pomaulax spiratus

Pomaulax spiratus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1][2]

Pomaulax spiratus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Pomaulax
Species:
P. spiratus
Binomial name
Pomaulax spiratus
(Dall, 1911)
Synonyms[1]
  • Astraea spirata (Dall, 1911)
  • Pachypoma inaequale spiratum Dall, 1911

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of California, Western Mexico

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Pomaulax spiratus (Dall, 1911). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581673 on 2012-09-01
  2. Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2011) The family Turbinidae. Subfamilies Turbininae Rafinesque, 1815 and Prisogasterinae Hickman & McLean, 1990. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds), A Conchological Iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. pp. 1-82, pls 104-245.


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