Stigmaulax

Stigmaulax
Stigmaulax sulcatus (Born, 1778) - abapertural view of a grooved moonsnail shell, 0.75 cm tall.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Naticoidea
Family: Naticidae
Subfamily: Naticinae
Genus: Stigmaulax
Mörch, 1852
Type species
Nerita sulcata
Born, 1778
Synonyms

Aloconatica Shikama, 1971

Stigmaulax is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Naticinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Stigmaulax include:

References

  1. ^ Stigmaulax Mörch, 1852. WoRMS (2010). Stigmaulax. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=416020 on 16 June 2010 .
  2. ^ Stigmaulax cancellatus (Hermann, 1781). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 June 2010.
  3. ^ Stigmaulax cayennensis (Récluz, 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 June 2010.
  4. ^ Stigmaulax sulcatus (Born, 1778). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 June 2010.
  • Shikama, T. 1971. On some noteworthy marine gastropoda from southwestern Japan (III). Science Reports of the Yokohama National University, section 2 (Geol.), 18:27-35, pl. 3.
  • 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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