Polinices mammilla

Polinices mammilla
	Polinices mammilla shell
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Polinices
Species:	P. mammilla
Binomial name
	Polinices mammilla; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Mamillaria tumida Swainson, 1840; Natica albula Récluz, 1851; Natica cygnea Philippi, 1852; Natica intermedia Récluz, 1843 (non Deshayes, 1832 nec Philippi, 1836); Natica ponderosa Philippi, 1852; Natica pyriformis Récluz, 1844; Nerita mammilla Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym); Polinices albus Montfort, 1810; Polinices pyriformis (Récluz, 1844);

Polinices mammilla is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.^[1]^[2]

Description

Pure white shells, rather elongated in shape, up to 4 cm; chestnut-brown, horny operculum.

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Tanzania, Transkei and is also found in the Central Indo-Pacific Ocean and in the west Pacific Ocean off Papua New Guinea and Australia.^[2]

^ Polinices mammilla (Linnaeus). WoRMS (2009). Polinices mammilla (Linnaeus). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216923 on 17 June 2010 .
^ ^a ^b Huelsken, T., Tapken, D., Dahlmann, T., Wägele, H., Riginos, C., Hollmann, M. (2012). Systematics and phylogenetic species delimitation within Polinices s.l. (Caenogastropoda: Naticidae) based on molecular data and shell morphology. Organisms Diversity & Evolution. doi:10.1007/s13127-012-0111-5 ODE homepage

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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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