Pomaulax Explained

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.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Pomaulax include:

• Pomaulax gibberosus (Dillwyn, 1817)
• Pomaulax japonicus (Dunker, 1844)
• Pomaulax spiratus (Dall, 1911)

Species brought into synonymy:

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

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. 1–82, pls 104-245.

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/77914 G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia