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Glossaulax
Sign in to saveGlossaulax is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Species
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderLittorinimorpha
- FamilyNaticidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 279
- With media
- 23
- Family
- Naticidae
- Collections
- LACM
- Recorded in
- United States
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Encyclopedic overview
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Glossaulax is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
== Species == Glossaulax draconis (Dall, 1903) Glossaulax epheba (Hedley, 1915) Glossaulax petiveriana (Récluz, 1843) Glossaulax reclusiana (Deshayes, 1839) Glossaulax reiniana (Dunker, 1877) † Glossaulax secunda (Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885) - extinct Glossaulax vesicalis (Philippi, 1849) Species brought into synonymy: Glossaulax aulacoglossa (Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1909): synonym of Neverita aulacoglossa (Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1909) Glossaulax bicolor (Philippi, 1849): synonym of Glossaulax petiveriana (Récluz, 1843) Glossaulax didyma (Röding, 1798): synonym of Neverita didyma (Röding, 1798)
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