Pomaulax

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Pomaulax
Pomaulax japonicus.jpg
Shell of Pomaulax japonicus (Dunker, 1844), measuring 47.7 mm in height by 74.8 mm diameter, collected with tangle nets at 20 m depth off Pt. Daio, Shima-cho, in Japan
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Pomaulax
Gray, 1850
Type species
Trochus japonicus
Dunker, 1845
Species
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Pomaulax is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails. [1]

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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. [2]

Species

Species within the genus Pomaulax include:

Species brought into synonymy

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<i>Pomaulax gibberosus</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Lithopoma</i> Genus of gastropods

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<i>Bolma</i> Genus of gastropods

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<i>Lunella torquata</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Pomaulax japonicus</i> Species of gastropod

Pomaulax japonicus, the Japanese star shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.

<i>Bellastraea</i> Genus of gastropods

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<i>Chlorostoma</i> Genus of gastropods

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<i>Leptothyra</i> Genus of gastropods

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<i>Prisogaster</i> Genus of gastropods

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<i>Monilea</i> Genus of gastropods

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<i>Megastraea</i> Genus of gastropods

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<i>Megastraea turbanica</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Megastraea undosa</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Uvanilla</i> Genus of gastropods

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<i>Turbo cernicus</i> Species of gastropod

Turbo cernicus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.

<i>Turbo crassus</i> Species of gastropod

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