Pomaulax Gray 1850

Pomaulax is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.^[1]

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.^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Pomaulax include:

• Pomaulax gibberosus (Dillwyn, 1817)^[3]
• Pomaulax japonicus (Dunker, 1844)^[4]
• Pomaulax spiratus (Dall, 1911)

Species brought into synonymy

• Pomaulax turbanicus Dall, 1910: synonym of Megastraea turbanica (Dall, 1910)
• Pomaulax undosum Wood, 1828: synonym of Megastraea undosa (Wood, 1828)

References

• Williams, S.T. (2007). Origins and diversification of Indo-West Pacific marine fauna: evolutionary history and biogeography of turban shells (Gastropoda, Turbinidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2007, 92, 573–592.
• 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.