Polinices flemingianus

Polinices flemingianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Naticoidea
Family:	Naticidae
Subfamily:	Polinicinae
Genus:	Polinices
Species:	P. flemingianus
Binomial name
	Polinices flemingianus; (Recluz, 1844)
Synonyms
	Natica flemingiana Récluz, 1844 (basionym); Natica galactites Philippi, 1851; Natica virginea Philippi, 1852 (doubtful synonym);

Polinices flemingianus is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.^[1]

Description

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos and the Mascarene Basin.

^ Polinices flemingianus (Recluz, 1844). WoRMS (2009). Polinices flemingianus (Recluz, 1844). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216921 on 19 April 2011 .

Kabat A.R., Finet Y. & Way K. (1997) Catalogue of the Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) described by C.A. Récluz, including the location of the type specimens. Apex 12(1): 15-26
Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
Kabat A.R. (2000) Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990). Part 10. Mollusca, Gastropoda, Naticidae. Zoologische Mededelingen 73(25): 345-380

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