Pleuroploca
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| Pleuroploca | |
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| Shell of Pleuroploca lyonsi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Fasciolariidae |
| Genus: | Pleuroploca P. Fischer, 1884[1] |
| Type species | |
| Murex trapezium Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Fasciolaria (Pleuroploca) P. Fischer, 1884 | |
Pleuroploca is a genus of very large predatory sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, which includes the spindle shells, the tulip shells and other allied genera.[2]
