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Polinices

Polinices
Temporal range: Paleocene to Recent
Polinices lacteus 01.JPG
Polinices lacteus shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Naticoidea
Family: Naticidae
Subfamily: Naticinae
Genus: Polinices
Montfort, 1810
Type species
Polinices albus Montfort, 1810
Synonyms
  • Albula Röding, 1798 (Invalid: junior homonym of Albula Osbeck, 1762 [Pisces])
  • Mamillaria Swainson, 1840
  • Mamma H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Natica (Polinices) Montfort, 1810
  • Naticella Swainson, 1840
  • Naticina Guilding, 1834
  • Polynices Menke, 1830 (Spelling variation)
  • Uber Philippi, 1853

Polinices is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Naticidae, commonly known as moon snails.

Species within the genus Polinices include:


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