- Polinices
Taxobox
name = "Polinices"
fossil_range =Paleocene to Recent
image_caption =
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Mollusca
classis =Gastropoda
subclassis =Orthogastropoda
superordo =Caenogastropoda
ordo =Sorbeoconcha
subordo =Hypsogastropoda
infraordo =Littorinimorpha
superfamilia =Naticoidea
familia =Naticidae
genus = "Polinices"
genus_authority = Montfort, 1810
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text."Polinices" is a
genus of seasnail s, marinegastropod mollusc s in the familyNaticidae known as moon shells.The shells are large and solid, usually shining white and porcellanous. They are found world-wide, mainly in warm seas.
pecies within the genus "Polinices"
* "
Polinices aperinus "
* "Polinices bahamiensis " (Dall, 1825)
* "Polinices bifasciatus " (Griffith and Pidgeon, 1834)
* "Polinices draconis " (Dall, 1903)
* "Polinices duplicatus " (Say, 1822)
* "Polinices helicoides " (Gray, 1825)
* "Polinices hepaticus " (Roding, 1798) - brown moonsnail
* "Polinices heros " Say, 1822
* "Polinices lacteus " (Guilding, 1834) - milk moonsnail
* "Polinices leptaleus " Watson, 1881
* "Polinices lewisii "
* "Polinices monteronis "
* "Polinices nanus " Moller, 1842
* "Polinices nubilus " Dall, 1889
* "Polinices otis " Broderip and Sowerby, 1829
* "Polinices politiana "
* "Polinices tawhitirahia " Powell, 1965
* "Polinices uber " (Valenciennes , 1832)
* "Polinices uberinus " (d'Orbigny , 1842) - dwarf white moonsnail, white moonsnailReferences
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* Powell A. W. B. (1979 ), "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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