Polinices flemingianus

Polinices flemingianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Naticoidea
Family:	Naticidae
Subfamily:	Polinicinae
Genus:	Polinices
Species:	P. flemingianus
Binomial name
	Polinices flemingianus; (Recluz, 1844)
Synonyms
	Natica flemingiana Récluz, 1844 (basionym); Natica galactites Philippi, 1851; Natica virginea Philippi, 1852 (doubtful synonym);

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

Description

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos and the Mascarene Basin.

Polinices flemingianus (Recluz, 1844). WoRMS (2009). Polinices flemingianus (Recluz, 1844). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216921 on 19 April 2011 .

Kabat A.R., Finet Y. & Way K. (1997) Catalogue of the Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) described by C.A. Récluz, including the location of the type specimens. Apex 12(1): 15-26
Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
Kabat A.R. (2000) Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990). Part 10. Mollusca, Gastropoda, Naticidae. Zoologische Mededelingen 73(25): 345-380

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