Pomaulax gibberosus
Pomaulax gibberosus, common name the red turban, is a species of medium-sized to large sea snail with a calcareous operculum, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1]
Pomaulax gibberosus | |
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Shell of Pomaulax gibberosus (Dillwyn, 1817), measuring 32.8 mm height by 42.6 mm in diameter, collected off San Pedro, in California | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Turbinidae |
Genus: | Pomaulax |
Species: | P. gibberosus |
Binomial name | |
Pomaulax gibberosus (Dillwyn, 1817) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Distribution
This species lives in the Eastern Pacific, from British Columbia, Canada, to Baja California, Mexico.
- Pomaulax gibberosus, the shell encrusted with the red coralline alga Lithothamnion
- Pomaulax gibberosus
- A live specimen of Pomaulax gibberosus
References
- Bouchet, P. (2011). Pomaulax gibberosus (Dillwyn, 1817). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581670 on 2011-11-09
- Noodt J. (1819) Museum Boltenianum: Verzeichnis der von dem gestorbenen J.F. Bolten... hinterlassenen vortrefflichen Sammlung Conchylien, Mineralien und Kunstsachen die am 26. April d.J., Morgens um 10 Uhr öffentlich verkauft werden sollen durch den Makler J. Noodt. Conrad Müller, Hamburg
- Philippi R.A. 1846. Diagnoses testaceorum quorundam novorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie, 1846(7): 97-106
Further reading
- Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26 page(s): 59
- Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2011) The family Turbinidae. Subfamilies Turbininae Rafinesque, 1815 and Prisogasterinae Hickman & McLean, 1990. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds), A Conchological Iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. pp. 1–82, pls 104-245
External links
- Philippi R.A. 1846. Diagnoses testaceorum quorundam novorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie, 1846(7): 97-106
- Dall W.H. (1919). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean in the collection of the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 56: 293-371
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