Pugilina

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

Pugilina
Five views of a shell of Pugilina morio
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
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])

Species

Species within the genus Pugilina include:

  • Pugilina elongata nhatrangensis Thach, 2018 (parent: Brunneifusus ternatanus (Gmelin, 1791)) [3] [4]
  • † Pugilina erecta Vermeij & Raven, 2009
  • † Pugilina katalinae Kovács & Vicián, 2016
  • Pugilina morio (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • † Pugilina paraguanensis Landau & Vermeij, 2013
  • Pugilina tupiniquim Abbate & Simone, 2015
Species brought into synonymy
  • Subgenus Pugilina (Hemifusus) Swainson, 1840: synonym of Hemifusus Swainson, 1840
  • Pugilina carnaria Röding, 1798: synonym of Volegalea carnaria (Röding, 1798)
  • Pugilina cochlidium (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Volegalea cochlidium (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Pugilina colosseus Lamarck, 1816: synonym of Hemifusus colosseus (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Pugilina crassicaudus Philippi, 1849: synonym of Hemifusus crassicauda (Philippi, 1849)
  • Pugilina dirki Nolf, 2007: synonym of Volegalea dirki (Nolf, 2007)
  • Pugilina kawamurai: synonym of Hemifusus kawamurai T. Kira, 1965
  • Pugilina laevis Schumacher, 1817: synonym of Volema pyrum (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Pugilina pugilina (Born, 1778): synonym of Volegalea cochlidium (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Pugilina ternatanus (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Hemifusus ternatanus (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Brunneifusus ternatanus (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Pugilina tuba Gmelin, 1791: synonym of Hemifusus tuba (Gmelin, 1791)

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
  3. Thach, N. N. (2018). New shells of South Asia. Seashells-Landsnails-Freshwater Shells. 3 New Genera, 132 New Species & Subspecies. 48HRBooks Company, Akron, Ohio, USA. 173 pp.
  4. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pugilina elongata nhatrangensis Thach, 2018. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1304395 on 2022-03-03
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
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