Glossaulax
Shell of † Glossaulax secunda (Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885) (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Naticoidea
Family:
Naticidae
Genus:
Glossaulax

Type species
Natica reclusiana Deshayes, 1839
Synonyms
  • Neverita (Glossaulax) Pilsbry, 1929 (original rank)
  • Polinices (Glossaulax) Pilsbry, 1929

Glossaulax is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[2]

Species

  • Glossaulax draconis (Dall, 1903)
  • Glossaulax epheba (Hedley, 1915)
  • Glossaulax petiveriana (Récluz, 1843)
  • Glossaulax reclusiana (Deshayes, 1839)
  • Glossaulax reiniana (Dunker, 1877)
  • † Glossaulax secunda (Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885)
  • Glossaulax vesicalis (Philippi, 1849)
Species brought into synonymy
  • Glossaulax aulacoglossa (Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1909): synonym of Neverita aulacoglossa (Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1909)
  • Glossaulax bicolor (Philippi, 1849): synonym of Glossaulax petiveriana (Récluz, 1843)
  • Glossaulax didyma (Röding, 1798): synonym of Neverita didyma (Röding, 1798)

Feeding habits

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

References

  1. ↑ Pilsbry H. A. (1929). Nautilus 42: 113.
  2. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2012). Glossaulax Pilsbry, 1929. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570170 on 2012-05-30
  • 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.



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