Glossaulax

Glossaulax is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.

Species

• Glossaulax draconis <small>(Dall, 1903)</small>
• Glossaulax epheba <small>(Hedley, 1915)</small>
• Glossaulax petiveriana <small>(Récluz, 1843)</small>
• Glossaulax reclusiana <small>(Deshayes, 1839)</small>
• Glossaulax reiniana <small>(Dunker, 1877)</small>
• † Glossaulax secunda <small>(Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885) - extinct</small>
• Glossaulax vesicalis <small>(Philippi, 1849)</small>

• Glossaulax aulacoglossa <small>(Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1909)</small>: synonym of Neverita aulacoglossa <small>(Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1909)</small>
• Glossaulax bicolor <small>(Philippi, 1849)</small>: synonym of Glossaulax petiveriana <small>(Récluz, 1843)</small>
• Glossaulax didyma <small>(Röding, 1798)</small>: synonym of Neverita didyma <small>(Röding, 1798)</small>

Feeding habits

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

References

• Kilburn, R. N. (1976). A revision of the Naticidae of Southern Africa and Moçambique (Mollusca). Annals of the Natal Museum. 22: 829-884.
• Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls.

External links

• Pilsbry, H. A. (1929). Neverita reclusiana (Desh.) and its allies. The Nautilus. 42(4): 109-113, pl. 6