Pugilina tupiniquim

Pugilina tupiniquim is a species of sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies. This species and its Eastern Atlantic congener, Pugilina morio, were once thought to be a single, amphiatlantic entity. They have, however, been recognized as distinct taxa based on anatomical and environmental differences.[1]

Pugilina tupiniquim
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P. tupiniquim
Binomial name
Pugilina tupiniquim
Abbate & Simone, 2015

Distribution

This species is found in the Western Atlantic Ocean, in mangrove areas along the Brazilian coast, and north to the Caribbean.[1]

Human use

In traditional Brazilian medicine in the Northeast of Brazil, Pugilina tupiniquim (formerly referred to as Pugilina morio, an Eastern Atlantic sister species) is used as zootherapeutical product for the treatment of sexual impotence.[2]

References

  1. Abbate, D.; Simone, L.R.L. (2015). "Review of Pugilina from the Atlantic, with description of a new species from Brazil (Neogastropoda, Melongenidae)". African Invertebrates. 56 (3): 559–577.
  2. Alves R. R. N. 2009. Fauna used in popular medicine in Northeast Brazil. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2009, 5:1. doi:10.1186/1746-4269-5-1
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