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Pomaulax
Sign in to savePomaulax is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
Species
Red Turban Snail
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderTrochida
- FamilyTurbinidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 251
- With media
- 7
- Family
- Turbinidae
- Collections
- LACM
- Recorded in
- United States
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Pomaulax is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
== Description == The large, solid, imperforate shell has a conic shape. The periphery is carinated. The base of the shell is flattened. The umbilical tract shows a strong curved rib. The ; operculum is obovate, narrower toward the proximal extremity. Its nucleus is terminal, its outside with four strong granulose ribs radiating from the nucleus.
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