Glossaulax

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Glossaulax
Shell of † Glossaulax secunda (Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885) (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Glossaulax
Pilsbry, 1929[1]
Type species
Natica reclusiana
Deshayes, 1839
Synonyms
  • Neverita (Glossaulax) Pilsbry, 1929 (original rank)
  • Polinices (Glossaulax) Pilsbry, 1929

Glossaulax is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[2]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Glossaulax aulacoglossa (Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1909): synonym of Neverita aulacoglossa (Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1909)
  • Glossaulax bicolor (Philippi, 1849): synonym of Glossaulax petiveriana (Récluz, 1843)
  • Glossaulax didyma (Röding, 1798): synonym of Neverita didyma (Röding, 1798)

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