Pomaulax

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

Description

The large, solid, imperforate shell has a conic shape. The periphery is carinated. The base of the shell is flattened. 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.

Species

Species within the genus Pomaulax include:

• Pomaulax gibberosus <small>(Dillwyn, 1817)</small>
• Pomaulax japonicus <small>(Dunker, 1844)</small>
• Pomaulax spiratus <small>(Dall, 1911)</small>

• Pomaulax turbanicus <small>Dall, 1910</small>: synonym of Megastraea turbanica <small>(Dall, 1910)</small>
• Pomaulax undosum <small>Wood, 1828</small>: synonym of Megastraea undosa <small>(Wood, 1828)</small>

References

• Williams, S.T. (2007). Origins and diversification of Indo-West Pacific marine fauna: evolutionary history and biogeography of turban shells (Gastropoda, Turbinidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2007, 92, 573–592.
• 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.&nbsp;1–82, pls 104-245.

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